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

2. Where did the author get the fantasies for the book?
(a) From her imagination.
(b) From real women.
(c) From books she read in the past.
(d) From men.

3. How long has Maria been married?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 1 year.

4. When Marion fantasizes, who does she imagine raping?
(a) A motorcycle rider.
(b) A taxi driver.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A farmer.

5. What does Nancy Friday believe is an important part of lovemaking?
(a) Humor.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Angst.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chapter 2 focus on?

2. What is Chapter 1 about?

3. What do women generally use fantasizing for?

4. What ultimately led Nancy Friday to reevaluate society's views on women and sex?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Nancy Friday's interaction with her publisher.

4. How does the concept of approval tie in to fantasies?

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

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

7. According to the author, how has she been restrained sexually?

8. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

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

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

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