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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 seemingly mundane question does J.S. ask of Melissa near the end of Scene 1?

2. What is Melissa trained as?

3. What is Melissa doing when J.S. enters Scene 2?

4. Which of these is not something Jelena mentioned receiving as a gift from her lover?

5. What does Jelena call being called "traumatized war victims"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does J.S. answer Zlata's question, "What do you want with us?"

2. How does Scene 6 begin?

3. On what is Melissa writing her first book?

4. How does J.S. feel after the first session with the women?

5. What is Melissa's background?

6. How does Melissa see the first meeting as having gone?

7. Describe the opening scene.

8. What is the topic of the initial conversation between J.S. and Melissa in Scene 2?

9. How does J.S. feel about going to a hotel?

10. How does Nuna react to being asked to start at the women's meeting in Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Scene 16, Zlata says, "We are dead--all of us--to the suffering." How is this quote representative of the message Ensler is trying to send through her work?

Essay Topic 2

In the scene by the river, Melissa asks the women what they are all waiting for. Please choose three of the refugees and explain what they are waiting for and how those things connect them to one another.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ensler use music in this drama?

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