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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author describe at the beginning of the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village" that impacted her greatly?

3. Where was the author shocked to discover many rapes taking place in the introductions to "My Vagina was a Village"?

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

5. What do the workshop participants in "The Vagina Workshop" try to become with their vaginas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the author note at the end of the Preface regarding the monologues?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of the "Vagina Fact" in the book. What information might the author be trying to distribute to the reader through these facts and the Vagina Facts throughout the play?

Essay Topic 2

In monologues like "Reclaiming Cunt" and "The Little Coochie Snorcher that Could", it is clear that the author has exhibited the great power words can have. Part 1.) What argument might the author be making about words based on her use of such vulgar language in many parts of the book? Part 2.) What might the author want for readers to learn about the power words can have over others, based on her use of them in the book, and what might she be hoping for others to do with that power?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's portrayal of various cultural traditions in the play and analyze the impact they have on women. What impact do the traditions discussed in "Crooked Braid" and "Under the Burqa" have on the women subjected to follow them because of the culture they live in?

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