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

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

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

4. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say her first experience with the flood made her do towards her vagina?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the last clitoridectomy performed in the United States described in the book?

3. What does the author share about the ties of female genitalia to witchcraft in one of the vagina facts?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does a woman claim her vagina wants at the end of "My Angry Vagina"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's portrayal of genital mutilation in the play. What reason can you give for the rate of genital mutilation to be higher in Africa than any other place in the world?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's portrayal of war in the play and the impact it has on the characters discussed in the monologues. What impact does the war have on the women living in the regions where the war was going on, according to the author's portrayal of the Bosnian war victims in the book?

Essay Topic 3

The subject of birth is fully examined in the book, namely in the monologue "I Was There in the Room". What connection does the author say that the vagina and the heart have that she realized after witnessing the birth of her granddaughter?

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