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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author say she was raped, in the Preface?
(a) She was never raped.
(b) As a child.
(c) As a young woman.
(d) As a teenager.

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

3. Which of the following is not one of the answers given to the first question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?
(a) Combat boots.
(b) A turtleneck.
(c) A male tuxedo.
(d) Glasses.

4. How does the speaker of "The Flood" first react about talking about "down there"?
(a) Excited.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Sad.
(d) Upset.

5. What does the author say simply having a vagina makes an individual a target for, in the Preface?
(a) Violence.
(b) Love.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Lust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of accent does the speaker of the monologue "The Flood" have?

2. In what city was the Vagina Monologues originally presented?

3. For what type of venue was the Vagina Monologues originally written?

4. Whose activist spirit does the author of the Forward describe when discussing her sex organs?

5. Who advises the woman in the introduction to "The Flood", who had never seen her vagina, to take time and find her clitoris?

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