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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the movement created by the author aim to raise awareness of and bring an end to?
(a) Incest.
(b) Violence against women.
(c) Genocide in Africa.
(d) The spread of AIDS.

2. Finish the sentence from the end of the Preface in the book, "Practice saying the word, because, as we know, the word is what _____ us and sets us free".
(a) Encourages.
(b) Propels.
(c) Intimidates.
(d) Provokes.

3. What process of writing does the author discuss at the end of the Preface that will be used in her play?
(a) Historical.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Monologues.
(d) Comedic.

4. What is described as "the leaf around the flower" in the book?
(a) The vagina.
(b) The brain.
(c) The female form.
(d) Pubic hair.

5. In what state was the Vagina Monologues originally presented?
(a) Nevada.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author call to make active transformations in the fight against violence towards women?

2. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say her first experience with the flood made her do towards her vagina?

3. Who is the noted feminist that writes in the Forward of the book?

4. Who manipulates a woman into shaving her pubic hair in the first monologue of the play?

5. What does the author conclude the word vagina is not, in the Preface?

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