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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are men afraid of because they cannot control them?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Women.
(c) Fantasy men.
(d) The reasons for women's fantasies.

2. What do many men feel the need to be in the bedroom, according to the author's research?
(a) Genuine.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Passive.

3. What is Babs reluctant to do?
(a) Act out fantasies.
(b) Incorporate new settings to her sex life.
(c) Have sex with a woman.
(d) Talk about fantasies.

4. What is the name of the woman used as an example of becoming confused about fantasy versus reality?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Paula.

5. What does Jacqueline fantasize about?
(a) Being with younger men.
(b) Being with other men.
(c) Being with a younger girl.
(d) Being with other women.

6. What did women fear about writing to Nancy Friday?
(a) Others would steal their fantasies.
(b) Women would stop fantasizing.
(c) Women's sexuality would become out of control.
(d) People would recognize their names.

7. When a man finds out that a woman fantasizes, what is the first thing he might do?
(a) Fear that his relationship is ending.
(b) Deny it.
(c) Become obsessed with the idea.
(d) Become jealous.

8. When the man wrote in to Nancy Friday about his wife's fantasies, what effect did they have on the marriage?
(a) They encouraged them to seek out other partners.
(b) They tore them apart.
(c) They helped them bond emotionally.
(d) They improved their sex life.

9. What does Nancy Friday confess to?
(a) Having fantasies about women.
(b) Examining women's breasts.
(c) Forgetting her first sexual experience.
(d) Watching men's trousers.

10. What is the focus of Chapter 6?
(a) Acceptance of sexual fantasies.
(b) Denial of fantasies.
(c) The anger men feel toward women.
(d) The benefits of fantasizing.

11. Who is often threatened by the idea of a woman's fantasy?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Children.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Lovers.

12. How do fantasies become more elaborate?
(a) Women enjoy sex more.
(b) Women have more sex.
(c) Women meet more men.
(d) Women learn more about sex.

13. What does Miranda often dream of?
(a) Animals.
(b) Greek gods.
(c) Women.
(d) Her family members.

14. For women who act out their fantasies, what do they possess?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Anger.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Good lovers.

15. According to Friday, what makes a man feel insecure?
(a) Not feeling loved.
(b) Not being able to have sex.
(c) Not being the object of fantasies.
(d) Not being in control.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Nancy Friday hope would end her own guilt?

2. What does Hanna collect photos of?

3. In Chapter 5, what is one of the reasons Nancy Friday gives for writing the book?

4. How does the author show that she is like her readers?

5. When do fantasies become unhealthy?

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