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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 human organ does the author find comparison to the vagina in "I Was there in the Room"?

2. What does the author find a connection between in the comments before "I Was There in the Room"?

3. How old is the young girl that the author asks standard questions about the vagina?

4. What was the first true home the women discussed the introduction to "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" found?

5. What does the speaker of "I Was there in the room" say is the reason for the human organ's similarity to the vagina?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author say she believed she was objectifying women in the comments after "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

2. How does the author address spousal violence in "Islamabad"?

3. How does the author describe the birth of her granddaughter in the book?

4. Describe the plight the transgendered woman faced in "They Beat the Girl out of my Boy...or so they Tried".

5. How is the expansion of V-Day described in "The V-Day Model Expands"?

6. How does a woman attempt to shame her husband in "Crooked Braid"?

7. What is the nature of the responses to the question "What does a Vagina Smell Like"?

8. How does the author describe the reactions of her public performances of the Vagina Monologues in "Reclaiming cunt"?

9. What does the author say about birth at the beginning of "I Was There In the Room"?

10. Describe the speaker's dissection of the word cunt in the play.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The V-Day Movement is an important theme the author discusses in the book. Discuss the role The Vagina Monologues has played in the success of the V-Day Movement, especially noting the public performances of the play, and how it has improved the success of this movement.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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