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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 did the speaker of "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" used to hold before devoting her time to women?

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

3. Who is quoted in the play saying that many African communities are quietly putting an end to genital mutilation?

4. How many cents of every dollar are donated towards programming in the V-Day foundation?

5. How does the speaker of "The Beat the Girl out of my Boy...or so the Tried" say she felt about being a woman?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the author say the word home meant to the homeless women discussed in "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could"?

5. How is the burqa described in the monologue "Under the Burqa"?

6. What is the nature of the short monologue "I Asked a Six Year Old Girl"?

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

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

9. What does the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy tell us about genital mutilation?

10. What conclusion does the author come to regarding the words of the prostitute at the end of "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of personification in the book, especially in the descriptions of the vagina. How does the author make the vagina into a character in the book, and how is it humanized?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Violence against women is a leading theme in the author's overall message to the readers of the book. Part 1.) Why does the author argue that women are more subjected to violence than men? Part 2.) How does the author use visual imagery to raise awareness to the commonplace of female violence in the world? Part 3.) What efforts does the author make to try and bring an end to violence against women?

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