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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of tone does the author try to avoid?
(a) Close.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Objective.
(d) Intimate.

2. What is in the final room of the house of fantasy?
(a) Women.
(b) Fetish.
(c) Young men.
(d) Prostitution.

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

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

5. What does Iris like the idea of?
(a) A woman talking to her.
(b) A man examining her sexual organs.
(c) A woman being nurturing.
(d) A man biting her.

6. What ultimately led Nancy Friday to reevaluate society's views on women and sex?
(a) Her husband wanted to file for divorce.
(b) Her daughter was teased at school.
(c) Somebody accused her of being a prostitute.
(d) Her publisher rejected her novel.

7. How did Nancy Friday's lover react to hearing about her fantasy of having sex during a sporting event?
(a) He shared a similar fantasy.
(b) He told her she was disgusting.
(c) He went home.
(d) He became more passionate.

8. How many rooms are in the house that Nancy Friday uses as a metaphor for fantasy?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

9. What did the author request from women?
(a) Fantasies.
(b) Photographs.
(c) A list of books they enjoyed.
(d) Material for her own fantasies.

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

11. What do the women in room six like to experience?
(a) Romance.
(b) Rape.
(c) Domination.
(d) Terror.

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

13. What type of men do Linda, Pamela, and Marie fantasize about?
(a) Faceless.
(b) Older.
(c) Angry.
(d) Blind.

14. Why does the first woman say that she fantasizes?
(a) She is a single, lonely woman.
(b) Her life is too stressful.
(c) Her husband is always away.
(d) Her husband does not try to please her.

15. When Nancy Friday began questioning women about fantasies, what was the initial consensus?
(a) That women enjoyed discussing fantasies openly.
(b) That men told women not to have fantasies.
(c) That women did not have fantasies.
(d) That women did not enjoy sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alicia fantasize that she is?

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

3. Who does Susan often fantasize about?

4. The author is surprised to find that few fantasies actually involve what act?

5. According to Nancy Friday's publisher, what did the character of her novel look like?

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