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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Apart from having their clitorises removed, what does a newspaper article say was also a common surgery involved in genital mutilation?
(a) Sewing their vagina shut.
(b) Placing a chastity belt on them.
(c) Placing a metal plate in them.
(d) Tying their tubes.

2. What war does the author discuss in the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village"?
(a) The Bosnian War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Cold War.
(d) The Korean War.

3. What weapon of war does the author wish to raise awareness of in the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village"?
(a) Rape.
(b) Kidnapping.
(c) Torture.
(d) Murder.

4. Complete the following sentence of the speaker from "My Vagina was a Village", "They invaded it, _______ it and burned it down".
(a) Butchered.
(b) Tortured.
(c) Killed.
(d) Hated.

5. What age group are the women that are first discussed in the introduction to "The Flood"?
(a) Early 20s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 40s.
(d) 60s and older.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the speaker of "The Flood" first react about talking about "down there"?

3. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say made her resentful for having to talk about her vagina?

4. What does the speaker of "My Angry Vagina" say she doesn't want her vagina to be anymore?

5. What does the speaker in the first monologue of the play say you must love in order to love the vagina?

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