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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose activist spirit does the author of the Forward describe when discussing her sex organs?
(a) Her mother and grandmothers.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her children.

2. What anniversary does the book celebrate for the Vagina Monologue's original publication?
(a) 10th.
(b) 25th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 20th.

3. In what century were orgasmic women said to have medical problems in the United States?
(a) 20th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 18th.

4. What ratio of nerve fibers are found to be in the vagina compared to the penis?
(a) Three times as many.
(b) Half as many.
(c) Four times as many.
(d) Twice as many.

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

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

7. Where does the vagina fact quote from when discussing women's roles in the witch trials?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.
(c) Woman: An Intimate Geography.
(d) The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.

8. What does the author say being raped made her do mentally and emotionally from her vagina?
(a) Disconnect.
(b) Increase its use.
(c) Become angry with.
(d) Connect.

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

10. In what city was the Vagina Monologues originally presented?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York City.
(d) Austin.

11. What kind of western religions does the author say recreates the shape of female organs in their architecture?
(a) Compassionate.
(b) Patriarchal.
(c) Matriarchal.
(d) Domineering.

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

13. Complete the following sentence from the Preface in the book, "[Vaginas] become part of our bodies, connected to our minds, fueling our _____".
(a) Journey.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Lives.
(d) Happiness.

14. What do the workshop participants in "The Vagina Workshop" try to become with their vaginas?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Angry.
(c) Satisfied.
(d) Happy.

15. In what year does the investigation of witchcraft discussed in the vagina fact take place?
(a) 1593.
(b) 1605.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1650.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the speaker's boyfriend described in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?

2. Who is the noted feminist that writes in the Forward of the book?

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

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

5. Which of the following items does the speaker of "My Angry Vagina" not describe as being an unpleasant invasion on her vagina?

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