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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman the author found out about through a psychologist?

2. In Linda's fantasy, where is she?

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

4. Who does Lily imagine making love to?

5. Who made the author feel comfortable about her fantasies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe one of the fantasies mentioned in the story.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Nancy Friday's use of the metaphor of a house to represent women's fantasies.

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

10. How did Nancy Friday get women to reveal fantasies to her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nancy Friday's house of fantasy. What are the parallels of this metaphorical house to a brothel? Why is this significant?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the tone that Nancy Friday uses. How does this affect the reading experience? What does this tell the reader about the author? How is this tone achieved?

Essay Topic 3

How does Nancy Friday stop from discouraging the reader from exploring unique fantasies? Is she successful? Do you think this is a good method? Why or why not?

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