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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. According to Nancy Friday, how do women feel about their sexual fantasies?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Ashamed.

2. Who made the author feel comfortable about her fantasies?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her husband.

3. If somebody is a urologenic, what do they fantasize about?
(a) Latex.
(b) Young men.
(c) Urine.
(d) Animals.

4. Who does the author say influenced her the most to put ads in publications?
(a) Her publisher.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her husband.

5. What is in room two of the house of fantasy?
(a) Anonymity.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Audience.
(d) Masochism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Marion fantasizes, what does she imagine herself as?

2. What is the name of the woman whose husband refuses to have sex with her?

3. Why did the author write this book?

4. What does Nancy Friday believe is an important part of lovemaking?

5. Who does Lily imagine making love to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe rooms seven through eleven of the house of fantasy.

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

3. How did women feel to be able to write in their fantasies to Friday?

4. Describe Nancy Friday's use of the metaphor of a house to represent women's fantasies.

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

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

7. What is the purpose of Chapter 2?

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

9. What is an example of frustration?

10. What is Nancy Friday's goal in showing how women have fantasies in different themes?

(see the answer keys)

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