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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who advises the woman in the introduction to "The Flood", who had never seen her vagina, to take time and find her clitoris?
(a) Her therapist.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her gynocologist.
(d) Her girlfriend.

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

5. What does the author say triggered change in the view of women across the world?
(a) Activities.
(b) Informational pamphlets.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Debates.

6. What does the woman discussed in the introduction to "The Flood" do when she finally finds her clitoris?
(a) Yells.
(b) Cries.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Laughs.

7. Which of the following items does the speaker of "My Angry Vagina" not describe as being an unpleasant invasion on her vagina?
(a) Penises.
(b) Fingers.
(c) Tampons.
(d) Gynecologists.

8. In what state was the Vagina Monologues originally presented?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Nevada.
(d) New York.

9. How would the euphemisms used in the opening comments before the play describing the vagina be described?
(a) Excited.
(b) Serious.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Inquisitive.

10. What kind of accent does the speaker of the monologue "The Vagina Workshop" have?
(a) English.
(b) Midwestern.
(c) Southern.
(d) French.

11. What does a woman's boyfriend help her to do in regards to her vagina in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?
(a) Hurt it.
(b) Hate it.
(c) Disconnect with it.
(d) Accept and enjoy it.

12. 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".
(a) Intimidates.
(b) Provokes.
(c) Encourages.
(d) Propels.

13. What kind of accent does the speaker of the monologue "The Flood" have?
(a) English.
(b) Russian.
(c) Jewish, Queens.
(d) Southern.

14. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say brought on her first experience with a flood?
(a) Her first date.
(b) An intense kiss with a boy.
(c) Her first period.
(d) Her first sexual experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the following sentence from the Preface in the book, "[Vaginas] become part of our bodies, connected to our minds, fueling our _____".

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

3. What does the author conclude the word vagina is not, in the Preface?

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

5. What reaction very rarely occurs in the reactions shared in "...My Mother Slapped Me"?

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