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

2. How does the author show that she is like her readers?
(a) She says that experts are wrong.
(b) She identifies with the men.
(c) She leaves out details that might make the reader uncomfortable.
(d) She shares her own fantasies.

3. According to Nancy Friday, which of the following often leads to fantasies from childhood?
(a) Spanking.
(b) Being potty trained.
(c) Breastfeeding.
(d) Having a diaper changed.

4. According to the author, what do many women enjoy during sex?
(a) Thinking of a topic other than sex.
(b) Looking at magazines.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Having television on.

5. In what way are women similar to men according to Nancy Friday?
(a) They both proposition each other randomly.
(b) They have the same fantasies.
(c) They both fantasize about prostitution.
(d) They like to read sexual stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nancy Friday, what do women enjoy reading about?

2. What do many men feel the need to be in the bedroom, according to the author's research?

3. What did the man who wrote to the author sign his name as?

4. Which of the following does Nancy Friday discuss in Chapter 6?

5. Who does Sophie act out her fantasies with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author suggest that women should do with their fantasies?

2. How does Nancy Friday compare men to women?

3. What effects might sharing or acting out fantasies have on a relationship?

4. Describe the role of mundane items, people, and events in fantasies.

5. When a man cannot control the fact that a woman fantasizes, what happens, according to the author?

6. Which fantasies stay the most exciting, according to the author?

7. What does Nancy Friday think about acting out fantasies?

8. Why do many women avoid acting out their fantasies in reality?

9. How does the theme of sexual equality play into Nancy Friday's chapter about guilt?

10. Why do women feel guilty about having fantasies?

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