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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Maria been married?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. What is in room number seven?
(a) Younger men.
(b) Thrill of the forbidden.
(c) Audience.
(d) Transformation.

3. What does Nancy Friday believe is an important part of lovemaking?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Pain.
(c) Angst.
(d) Humor.

4. What is the name of the woman who imagines her limbs are stretched in opposite directions?
(a) Mary Jo.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Rose Ann.
(d) Elspeth.

5. What does Friday believe the inclusion of fantasy into her novel gives it?
(a) Dynamic settings.
(b) Character insight.
(c) Consistent tone.
(d) Interesting plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nancy Friday feel about women sharing fantasies with their partners?

2. Which of the following sets the tone for the novel?

3. What does Patsy fantasize about?

4. What is the name of the woman who often fantasizes about making love to an octopus?

5. Why does the first woman say that she fantasizes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe why women may fantasize about being with other women, according to Nancy Friday.

2. Describe how Nancy Friday achieves the tone for this book.

3. Why do women fantasize, according to Nancy Friday?

4. How did Nancy Friday get women to reveal fantasies to her?

5. What made the author begin to question her fantasies?

6. What type of fantasy is more common in men than in women?

7. What did the author request from those who saw her ads? How did she react to the responses?

8. During sexual activity, how does the importance of the mind compare to the importance of the body?

9. What does the author credit as the new attitude toward sex?

10. How does the concept of approval tie in to fantasies?

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