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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author react to the number of responses she obtained?
(a) She was surprised.
(b) She was embarrassed.
(c) She was angry.
(d) She was disappointed.

2. Who disagreed with Friday that a fantasy should be included in her novel?
(a) Her friends.
(b) The agent.
(c) The publisher.
(d) Her husband.

3. What is the name of the woman whose husband refuses to have sex with her?
(a) Louella.
(b) Madge.
(c) Denise.
(d) Dot.

4. Which of the following is a way for women to fantasize?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Writing stories.
(c) Daydreams.
(d) Daily conversation.

5. Why did the author write this book?
(a) To explain to men about women's fantasies.
(b) To help her daughter learn about sexuality.
(c) To argue against the anti-feminist movement.
(d) To see if her fantasies were normal.

6. According to her publisher, what should the author have focused on in her novel?
(a) The lover.
(b) The fantasy.
(c) The heroine.
(d) The setting.

7. What are the women in room nine excited about?
(a) Younger men.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Nature.
(d) Women.

8. Who does Lily imagine making love to?
(a) A co-worker.
(b) A stranger.
(c) An ex-teacher.
(d) An ex-boss.

9. Who made the author feel comfortable about her fantasies?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

10. What do women generally use fantasizing for?
(a) To escape their boring lives.
(b) A way to punish their partners.
(c) Fun.
(d) Foreplay.

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

12. According to the author, what is the third reason women fantasize?
(a) To enhance the sexual experience.
(b) To show that they are sexual beings.
(c) To communicate.
(d) To hide from the truth.

13. What type of fantasy resides in room ten?
(a) Incest.
(b) Younger men.
(c) Bestiality.
(d) Prostitution.

14. In what room are young men located?
(a) Room three.
(b) Room thirteen.
(c) Room sixteen.
(d) Room eight.

15. According to the author, who gave her inhibitions about fantasies?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her publisher.
(c) Society.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. After her lover's reaction to hearing her fantasy, what does Nancy Friday begin to question?

2. What does the author say goes hand-in-hand with fantasy?

3. How did Nancy Friday's lover react to hearing about her fantasy of having sex during a sporting event?

4. When Marion fantasizes, who does she imagine raping?

5. What ultimately led Nancy Friday to reevaluate society's views on women and sex?

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