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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. Which woman mentions no one ever took her picture?

2. From what condition is Azra suffering?

3. What does Azra tell Jelena are friendly and simple?

4. How is Melissa's diet different from that of most people?

5. Who does Nuna say J.S. reminds them of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does J.S. introduce herself?

2. What does Melissa reveal about her resume?

3. What is Jelena reminiscing about as Scene 5 opens?

4. What is Melissa's response to J.S.'s comment about her young age?

5. Why doesn't Melissa eat the food J.S. offers her?

6. Why are the women so skeptical about J.S. and Melissa's intentions?

7. On what is Melissa writing her first book?

8. How does Melissa feel about comfort?

9. Describe the setting of Scene 2.

10. What is it that Seada wants in Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ways in which these women are healed by one another.

Essay Topic 2

In Scene 16, Zlata says, "We are dead--all of us--to the suffering." How is this quote representative of the message Ensler is trying to send through her work?

Essay Topic 3

Please choose at least three examples and discuss the way violence is portrayed in "Necessary Targets."

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