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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. Who disagreed with Friday that a fantasy should be included in her novel?
(a) The agent.
(b) Her friends.
(c) The publisher.
(d) Her husband.

2. What type of fantasy resides in room ten?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Incest.
(c) Younger men.
(d) Bestiality.

3. Which of the following is a way for women to fantasize?
(a) Writing stories.
(b) Daydreams.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Daily conversation.

4. According to the author, what is the third reason women fantasize?
(a) To enhance the sexual experience.
(b) To hide from the truth.
(c) To show that they are sexual beings.
(d) To communicate.

5. What does Nancy Friday assert about all fantasies?
(a) They are all unhealthy.
(b) They are all unique.
(c) They are all disgusting.
(d) They are all related to the way the women were treated by their mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second thing that the author promise the women who helped her?

2. What does Iris like the idea of?

3. How did women feel when they shared their fantasies with the author?

4. What is in the final room of the house of fantasy?

5. What type of men do Linda, Pamela, and Marie fantasize about?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nancy Friday feel about women sharing fantasies with their lovers?

2. What does the author credit as the new attitude toward sex?

3. Describe why women may fantasize about being with other women, according to Nancy Friday.

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

5. How did Nancy Friday begin bringing up the topic of fantasies and what did she find?

6. Describe the role of exploration in fantasizing.

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

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

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

10. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

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