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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 age group are the women that are first discussed in the introduction to "The Flood"?
(a) Early 20s.
(b) 30s.
(c) 60s and older.
(d) 40s.

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

3. What does the quote used at the beginning of "The Vagina Workshop" use to describe the vagina?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A fountain.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A shell or flower.

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 would the euphemisms used in the opening comments before the play describing the vagina be described?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Excited.
(c) Serious.
(d) Inquisitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ratio of nerve fibers are found to be in the vagina compared to the penis?

2. How does the speaker of "The Vagina Workshop" describe her orgasms before the workshop?

3. What does the woman discussed in the introduction to "The Flood" do when she finally finds her clitoris?

4. Which source does the author quote as saying the vagina has a high concentration of nerves?

5. What weapon of war does the author wish to raise awareness of in the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the quote used at the beginning of "The Vagina Workshop"?

2. How are the original stage presentations of the Vagina Monologue described, after it was first written?

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

4. How does a woman say she came to accept and enjoy her vagina in "Because he liked to look at it"?

5. How does the author describe the affects of being raped as a child?

6. How does the narrator describe her first flood in the monologue of the same title?

7. How does the author describe a 'wild collective song' in "I was Twelve, My Mother Slapped Me"?

8. How does Gloria Steinem describe the religious ties female genitalia has in India?

9. How were orgasmic women in the 19th century treated, according to the "Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets"?

10. What is the nature of the author's discussion of the vagina at the beginning of the Preface?

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