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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. Who is SHE in "Nervous"?

2. At the end of "The Airport", as the narrator and her boyfriend drive home, where do they pull over?

3. What do the couple take a ride on in "Be My Valentine" on their date?

4. Who is Tony in "Wrong Number"?

5. Who orders the narrator into a nearby room in "The Airport"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the narrator in "Sock It To Me" that changes her life?

2. What happens as result of the narrator and her boyfriend's first intimate experience in "The Seduction"?

3. Describe the couple in "Dinner At Eight"s romance and lust.

4. What is the result of the narrator's night alone with Geren in "Sock It To Me"?

5. Describe the narrator's alter ego in "Nervous".

6. Describe how Yardley and Clarence meet in "Be My Valentine".

7. How does "Be My Valentine" end?

8. What is the result of the piano player and the narrator's night alone in "Harlem Blues"?

9. What happens in "Animal Farm"?

10. What happens in "The Barbershop"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the gender role reversals that occur in "A Time For Change" and "Animal Farm". How does this further prove Zane's idea that women's sexual desire has been repressed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Zane foreshadows many of the events that occur in her stories by analyzing "The Godfather", "Flash Fantasy" and "My Knight In Shining Armor".

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Zane shows that love can be a motivation to better oneself. Do you feel this is one of Zane's overall themes in "The Sex Chornicles: Shattering the Myth"?

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