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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the purpose of removing the clitoris in the United States, when it was still performed?
(a) To prevent pregnancy.
(b) To cure rape.
(c) To cure masturbation.
(d) To punish women.

2. What is the name of the procedure that removes the clitoris?
(a) Clitoridectomy.
(b) Clitorinostomy.
(c) Clitorinostigy.
(d) Clitorinectary.

3. What is the second question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?
(a) "If your vagina could talk, what would it say, in two words".
(b) "If your vagina had a name, what would it be".
(c) "What does a vagina smell like".
(d) "If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear".

4. What does the speaker in the first monologue of the play say you must love in order to love the vagina?
(a) Sex.
(b) The mind.
(c) Pubic hair.
(d) The woman.

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

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

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

8. How does the speaker of "The Vagina Workshop" describe her orgasms before the workshop?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Accidental.
(d) Upsetting.

9. How old was the last female patient to have a clitoral removal in the United States?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

10. In what year was the last clitoris removal performed in the United States?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1935.

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

12. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Betty Friedan.
(b) Eve Ensler.
(c) Agnes Parelyo.
(d) Gloria Steinem.

13. What does the author describe her flood with when describing a dream she had about it?
(a) Death.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Little boats and sea animals.

14. What do many of the reactions share in "...My Mother Slapped Me" comment on?
(a) Their mothers.
(b) Their fathers.
(c) Their friends.
(d) Their sisters.

15. What idea does the workshop discussed in "The Vagina Workshop" want women to go towards?
(a) Becoming better women.
(b) Having sex with their husbands.
(c) Having an orgasm.
(d) Having sex with other women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What anniversary does the book celebrate for the Vagina Monologue's original publication?

2. What is the main subject matter of the monologue discussing a girl being slapped by her mother?

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

4. What process of writing does the author discuss at the end of the Preface that will be used in her play?

5. What does the speaker of "...My Mother Slapped Me" say began to emerge from other women around her?

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