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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who manipulates a woman into shaving her pubic hair in the first monologue of the play?
(a) Her therapist.
(b) Her gynocologist.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

2. How old is the speaker of the monologue discussing when her mother slapped her?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

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

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

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

6. 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) Glasses.
(c) A male tuxedo.
(d) A turtleneck.

7. What word does the author explain her reasoning for using frequently at the beginning of the Preface?
(a) Angry.
(b) Empowerment.
(c) Woman.
(d) Vagina.

8. How would the quote used at the beginning of "The Vagina Workshop" be described?
(a) Stark.
(b) Sad.
(c) Poetic.
(d) Factual.

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

10. Which source does the author quote as saying the vagina has a high concentration of nerves?
(a) The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy.
(d) Woman: An Intimate Geography.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say made her resentful for having to talk about her vagina?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Her period.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Being raped.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the purpose of removing the clitoris in the United States, when it was still performed?

3. What physical structures does the author say western religions used religious art in the Forward?

4. What is the first question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?

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

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