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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 Chapter 5 focus on?
(a) Why women fantasize.
(b) Details about the house of fantasy.
(c) Who women fantasize about.
(d) Guilt that many women have.

2. What might stop a woman from acting out fantasies in reality, according to the author?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Women's attitudes.
(c) Their mothers.
(d) Men's attitudes.

3. What is the second thing a man might do upon learning that the woman he is with fantasizes?
(a) He wants to act out the fantasies right away.
(b) He feels violated.
(c) He becomes angry or insecure.
(d) He shames her.

4. What does Nancy Friday say that women are told they should be?
(a) Active in bed.
(b) Dramatic.
(c) More jealous of their men's fantasies.
(d) Passive in bed.

5. Who did Jacqueline accidentally tell her fantasy to?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Nancy Friday.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do fantasies become more elaborate?

2. How does the author believe that women should embrace fantasies?

3. According to the man who wrote to Nancy Friday, why did he claim that his wife never fantasized?

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

5. Of the women that wrote to Nancy Friday, what did many beg her for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the letter a man wrote to Nancy Friday about his wife.

2. Why do women feel guilty about having fantasies?

3. What is the overall theme of the book?

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

5. Where does Nancy Friday say that many women get their fantasies?

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

7. Describe the positive letter Nancy Friday received from a man in Chapter 6.

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

9. How does the author dispel expert opinion in Chapter 4?

10. What is the goal of Chapter 6?

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