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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the movement created by the author aim to raise awareness of and bring an end to?

2. How old is the speaker of the monologue discussing when her mother slapped her?

3. What is the main subject matter of the monologue discussing a girl being slapped by her mother?

4. What does the author describe her flood with when describing a dream she had about it?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator of "My Angry Vagina" believe the approaches of those invading her vagina were all wrong?

2. How were orgasmic women in the 19th century treated, according to the "Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets"?

3. How are the original stage presentations of the Vagina Monologue described, after it was first written?

4. How does the author describe the affects of being raped as a child?

5. What is the purpose of the workshop discussed in "The Vagina Workshop"?

6. What does the author note at the end of the Preface regarding the monologues?

7. What is the nature of the quote used at the beginning of "The Vagina Workshop"?

8. How does the author describe the way rape was used as a weapon of war in Bosnia?

9. How does a woman describe the hair around her vagina and its role in her relationship with her husband in the monologue "Hair"?

10. How does the narrator of "The Vagina Workshop" describe her first deliberate orgasm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of personification in the book, especially in the descriptions of the vagina. How does the author make the vagina into a character in the book, and how is it humanized?

Essay Topic 2

Prostitution is portrayed very interestingly in the book with it almost being shown as helpful rather than harmful. Analyze the author's portrayal of prostitution in the play and discuss her reasons behind allowing the speaker of "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" to offer such advice to readers.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of the "Vagina Fact" in the book. What information might the author be trying to distribute to the reader through these facts and the Vagina Facts throughout the play?

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