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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. According to the authors, in a world that can be opposed to healthy fulfillment, it is important to find one's own what?

2. What emotion do the authors address in conjunction with analysis of Freud?

3. What do the authors advocate that each individual owns?

4. In "A Slut's Eye-View", the authors look at the ways promiscuous people are what?

5. What topic does the chapter on "Ancestors and Antecedents" conclude with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the concept of 'ownership' provides opportunities to exercise one's fantasies.

2. What do the authors feel about how sluts get treated by the public and the government?

3. What do the authors suggest is the 'best' way to mess a relationship up, and what are the effects?

4. How do the authors address conflict and resolution in regard to relationships?

5. How do the authors define and then defend the term "promiscuous"?

6. How do the authors recommend dealing with one's own feelings and emotions?

7. What oppression do the authors recognize in the section on 'Judging Ourselves' and what resolution do they suggest?

8. How do the authors feel that women are judged in regard to sexual adventurousness (especially in comparison to men)?

9. How did the authors differ in sexual identification throughout their lives?

10. According to Chapters 7 and 8 of "Within Ourselves", what communications are important for healthy intimate connections?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early in the book, the authors introduce their concept of a "slut" and counter several stereotypical views or associations with the term, as regards both men and women. Compare the authors' ideas with society's general view of the "slut" to answer the question of "Who is an ethical slut?"

Essay Topic 2

Explain the authors' concept of limit-setting. Then, address how limit-setting factors into the quest of finding partners and relates to the idea of 'fluid bonding'.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the state of public sex in foreign and American culture, using examples from the text, and then discuss how televised sex reflects these cultural views.

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