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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Guilt and Fantasy, or Why the Fig Leaf?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who stumbled across a man urinating?
(a) Lindsay.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Britney.
(d) McKenzie.

2. Which of the following sets the tone for the novel?
(a) The author lets the reader wonder about her own fantasies.
(b) The author shares her own experiences.
(c) The author uses words that the reader can't understand yet.
(d) The author asks rhetorical questions.

3. When Marion fantasizes, what does she imagine herself as?
(a) A child.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A man.
(d) An animal.

4. What is the name of the woman who was nearly raped by a man she is still acquainted with?
(a) Mary Jo.
(b) Celeste.
(c) Gail.
(d) Caroline.

5. What does Nancy Friday say women are not encouraged to do?
(a) Touch themselves.
(b) Have fantasies.
(c) Think about men's bodies.
(d) Initiate sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nancy Friday began questioning women about fantasies, what was the initial consensus?

2. What awakened Sonia to sexual feelings?

3. How does the author say she changed in writing the book?

4. Who is often threatened by the idea of a woman's fantasy?

5. What do men not like the idea of, according to Friday?

(see the answer key)

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