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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. Who is the letter from that is shown in the introduction to "The Vulva Club"?

2. What is the title of the monologue that makes tribute to the women raped and murdered every year?

3. What age was the older woman that the speaker from "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" had her first lesbian affair with?

4. Who does the speaker of "Crooked Braid" get accused of flirting with after being beaten by her husband?

5. What occupation does the woman describe as intensely passionate in the introduction to "Reclaiming Cunt"?

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 speaker in "The Vulva Club" describe naming her vagina?

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

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

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

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

7. 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"?

8. Describe the nature of the "Spotlight Monologues".

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

10. How do the authors describe the original creation of V-Day by Eve Ensler in the monologue "In the Beginning"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lesbianism is a theme heavily discussed throughout the book, especially in monologues like "The Woman that Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" and "The Little Coochie Snorcher that Could ". Compare and contrast the portrayals of lesbianism in these two monologues and discuss what reason the author had for creating juxtaposition between these two lesbian speakers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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