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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. Who does the author call to make active transformations in the fight against violence towards women?

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

3. What does the speaker of "The Flood" say made her resentful for having to talk about her vagina?

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

5. What is the first question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is menstruation discussed in "I Was Twelve, My Mother Slapped Me"?

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator of "The Vagina Workshop" describe her first deliberate orgasm?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author's choice to use the monologue method allowed her to take an intimate glance into the thoughts women have about their most intimate parts. Part 1.) How does the use of the monologue make us better relate to the characters in the play? Part 2.) What information would have been lost if the author had chosen to not use the monologue method for the play? Part 3.) What would be some of the downfalls to using the monologue method considering some of the speaker's complaints in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Prostitution is portrayed very interestingly in the book with it almost being shown as helpful rather than harmful. Analyze the author's portrayal of prostitution in the play and discuss her reasons behind allowing the speaker of "The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" to offer such advice to readers.

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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