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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 sisters.
(d) Her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Because He Liked to Look at It" say was a stimulant for her the most from her boyfriend?

2. Who is the author of the book?

3. What does the speaker of "My Vagina was a Village" describe her vagina as before the war?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the way rape was used as a weapon of war in Bosnia?

2. What information does the statistic about African women teach us about genital mutilation?

3. How does a woman describe the hair around her vagina and its role in her relationship with her husband in the monologue "Hair"?

4. What is the purpose of the workshop discussed in "The Vagina Workshop"?

5. How does the narrator describe her vagina at the end of "My Vagina was My Village"?

6. How does the author describe V-Day activities in the introduction?

7. What conclusion does the woman who is made to shave her private parts come to regarding the purpose of genital hair in "Hair"?

8. Why does the author say she decided to write about the vagina in the introductions of the beginning of the play?

9. Describe Gloria Steinem's discussion about female genitalia in the beginning of the Foreword.

10. Why does the narrator of "My Angry Vagina" believe the approaches of those invading her vagina were all wrong?

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