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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. Which of the following words was not used to describe the first lesbian experience of the speaker of "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could"?

2. Which of the following is not one of the answers given to the third question the author presents with multiple answers in the book?

3. What does the author comment that the woman who the monologue "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" was based on feels about her portrayal?

4. What does the speaker of "The Vulva Club" say about how she felt when naming her vagina?

5. What does the author say the woman based on the monologue "The Little Coochi Snorcher that Could" was able to find and escape her past?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the young woman from Juarez described in the monologues of the same title?

3. What does the lesbian that is in the second interview in "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy" say about vaginas?

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

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

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

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. How does the prostitute describe female moaning in "The Woman who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 author's use of the "Vagina Fact" in the book. What information might the author be trying to distribute to the reader through these facts and the Vagina Facts throughout the play?

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