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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 profession does the speaker of "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" hold?

2. How much money did the first V-Day presentation earn?

3. What kind of detail could describe the speaker's list at the end of "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

4. Who does the author say she found in the words of the prostitute in the comments after "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

5. Which of the following adjectives is not used when describing the thought of wearing a Muslim headpiece?

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 is the prostitute's work described in "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

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

4. How is raising V-Day awareness described in "Spreading the Word"?

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

6. What role did college campuses have in furthering the V-Day movement?

7. How does the speaker in "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" describe her relationship with her vagina?

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

9. Describe the contents of the "V-Timeline: Ten Years of Vagina Victories" at the end of the book.

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

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

The vagina is one of the leading themes presented in the book as a whole. Part 1.) How does the author personify the vagina in the book? Part 2.) What myths does the author try to dispel in the play about the vagina and how does she go about doing so? Part 3.) Why do you think the vagina has become a taboo and not often discussed topic in modern culture?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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