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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 first reason Nancy Friday gives for women having fantasies?

2. Where did the author get the fantasies for the book?

3. Which of the following rooms is empty?

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

5. What does Patsy fantasize about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe rooms seven through eleven of the house of fantasy.

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

4. During sexual activity, how does the importance of the mind compare to the importance of the body?

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

6. What did the author promise to the women who wrote in their fantasies?

7. What type of fantasy is more common in men than in women?

8. What role does Nancy Friday believe that sexual initiative plays in fantasizing?

9. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

10. What is the purpose of Chapter 2?

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

What do you think Nancy Friday's commitment to her research is? Can you tell that she is committed to the research? Why or why not? What evidence suggests this?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the process in which the author obtained data for her experiment. How did the author react to obtaining the information?

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