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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 kind of accent does the speaker of the monologue "The Flood" have?

2. Which of the following objects were not used to rape women in war zones, according to "My Vagina was a Village"?

3. Why does a woman claim her husband started "screwing around" in the first monologue of the play?

4. What is the name of the procedure that removes the clitoris?

5. Where does the author of the Forward travel to and discover much about female genitalia's power?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the woman's dream about a flood described in her monologue?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Compare and contrast the portrayal of men and women in the book. What might we be able to learn about the author's opinions of men based on their portrayal in the book; how do men create violence for women?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the nature of the book's set-up, including analysis of the Introduction, Forward and Preface. What information are we able to learn from the commentary included in these sections of the book?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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