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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) Ashamed.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Proud.

2. Who does the author claim to have restrained her sexually?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

3. What does Chapter 2 focus on?
(a) How men are uncomfortable with sexually open women.
(b) The reasons women fantasize.
(c) The different types of fantasies.
(d) The reasons women feel repressed.

4. Where does the author say men discuss their sexual fantasies?
(a) Business meetings.
(b) On the phone with their friends.
(c) In the media.
(d) The locker room.

5. According to her publisher, what should the author have focused on in her novel?
(a) The lover.
(b) The setting.
(c) The heroine.
(d) The fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say influenced her the most to put ads in publications?

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

3. After her lover's reaction to hearing her fantasy, what does Nancy Friday begin to question?

4. Who does Louella have fantasies about?

5. Why does the first woman say that she fantasizes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of Chapter 2?

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

3. Why did the author write this book?

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

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

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

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

8. During sexual activity, how does the importance of the mind compare to the importance of the body?

9. Describe the first room of the house of fantasy.

10. Describe rooms two through six of the house of fantasy.

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