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

2. What does the speaker of "...My Mother Slapped Me" say began to emerge from other women around her?
(a) A wall of hate.
(b) A union of souls.
(c) A factual emergence.
(d) A wild collective song.

3. What is described as "the leaf around the flower" in the book?
(a) The brain.
(b) Pubic hair.
(c) The vagina.
(d) The female form.

4. Why does a woman claim her husband started "screwing around" in the first monologue of the play?
(a) She didn't please him sexually.
(b) She gained weight.
(c) She cheated on him.
(d) She had children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a woman's boyfriend help her to do in regards to her vagina in "Because He Liked to Look at It"?

3. What sign does the speaker of "The Flood" say she wishes she could hang on her privates?

4. What is described as a bundle of nerves in the book?

5. Which of the following is not one of the answers given to the first question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the story of the 70-year-old woman described in "The Flood"?

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

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

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

9. What is the nature of the answers given to the question "If your vagina got dressed what would it wear"?

10. How does "Woman: An Intimate Geography" describe the vagina?

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