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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 Nancy Friday say is the reason why women don't admit fantasies?
(a) They don't trust Nancy Friday not to tell others about them.
(b) They feel guilty.
(c) They are scared that their lovers will leave them.
(d) They are scared that their mothers will find out.

2. How do fantasies become more elaborate?
(a) Women learn more about sex.
(b) Women meet more men.
(c) Women enjoy sex more.
(d) Women have more sex.

3. What is Babs reluctant to do?
(a) Incorporate new settings to her sex life.
(b) Talk about fantasies.
(c) Act out fantasies.
(d) Have sex with a woman.

4. What are women often told that they are, according to the author?
(a) The weaker sex.
(b) Physically active in bed.
(c) Angry and jealous.
(d) Quiet lovers.

5. Who is Babs worried that her fantasies will affect?
(a) Her depression.
(b) Her health.
(c) Her lover.
(d) Her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a man finds out that a woman fantasizes, what is the first thing he might do?

2. According to Friday, what makes a man feel insecure?

3. What is the second thing a man might do upon learning that the woman he is with fantasizes?

4. What do experts believe does not arouse women?

5. What is the focus of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do experts compare visual arousal by men and women and how does Nancy Friday refute this?

3. What is the overall theme of the book?

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

5. Why do women feel guilty about having fantasies?

6. Why are men threatened by the idea of a woman's fantasy?

7. Many women wrote to Nancy Friday and begged for anonymity. What does this tell the reader about these women and society?

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

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

10. What does the author compare crotch watching to?

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