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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author of the Forward travel to and discover much about female genitalia's power?
(a) Spain.
(b) India.
(c) Egypt.
(d) China.

2. How are the side effects to the invasive genital surgeries performed on many women described?
(a) Harmful but able to heal.
(b) Pain free.
(c) Painful and life threatening.
(d) Safe.

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

4. Who is the noted feminist that writes in the Forward of the book?
(a) Margaret Sanger.
(b) Eve Ensler.
(c) Lucy Stone.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

5. What age was the older woman that the speaker from "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" had her first lesbian affair with?
(a) Mid-twenties.
(b) Her age.
(c) Fourties.
(d) Thirties.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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".

2. What does the author say the root causes of violence against women are, in the Introduction?

3. What does the author describe at the beginning of the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village" that impacted her greatly?

4. What does a woman's boyfriend help her to do in regards to her vagina in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?

5. What does the speaker of "Reclaiming Cunt" do to the word itself to renounce its vulgarity?

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