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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 does the author say was a big influence in the spread of the V-Day movement across the United States?

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

3. What does the author say most of the women discussed in the introduction to "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" suffered as young girls?

4. Where is the Vulva Club's main headquarters located?

5. Who does the speaker of "The Vulva Club" find inspiration from when naming her vagina?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How are the spotlight campaigns described in "V-World"?

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

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

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

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 3

The overall theme of the book and the play itself is to celebrate and fight for the empowerment of women. Part 1.) How does the subject matter presented in the play suggest a need for women empowerment and what goal are they hoping to achieve from encouraging it? Part 2.) What role does the public performances of the Vagina Monologues have on the growing movement of women empowerment around the world, especially on college campuses?

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