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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Where was the author shocked to discover many rapes taking place in the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village"?
(a) The United States.
(b) Russia.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. What does the speaker of "My Vagina was a Village" describe her vagina as before the war?
(a) A heart.
(b) A harbor.
(c) A safety net.
(d) A wet water village.

5. What is the name of the speaker's boyfriend in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?
(a) Dan.
(b) Jim.
(c) Bob.
(d) Tim.

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

7. What does the author conclude the word vagina is not, in the Preface?
(a) Happy.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Safe.
(d) Calming.

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

9. How is the speaker's boyfriend described in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Handsome.
(d) Odd looking.

10. How does the speaker of "The Vagina Monologue" describe her first real orgasm?
(a) Sadly.
(b) Happily.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Poetically.

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

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

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

14. What are the ideals that the speaker of "My Angry Vagina" would like on a trip to the doctor's office?
(a) Hardness.
(b) Excitedness.
(c) Softness and gentleness.
(d) Niceness.

15. 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) Provokes.
(b) Encourages.
(c) Propels.
(d) Intimidates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author of the Forward travel to and discover much about female genitalia's power?

2. Complete the following sentence of the speaker from "My Vagina was a Village", "They invaded it, _______ it and burned it down".

3. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say brought on her first experience with a flood?

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

5. What kind of accent does the speaker of the monologue "The Vagina Workshop" have?

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