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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 does Nancy Friday believe is an important part of lovemaking?

2. What type of men does Vicki choose for lovers?

3. According to her publisher, what should the author have focused on in her novel?

4. What does Alicia fantasize that she is?

5. What is room five categorized as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of Chapter 2?

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

4. According to the author, how has she been restrained sexually?

5. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Nancy Friday believe that many women begin fantasizing during childhood? Is this accurate, in your opinion? Why or why not? How does Nancy Friday build an argument for her case?

Essay Topic 2

What are the parallels between the fantasies women wrote and the author's personal life? How do these parallels affect the reader? how does this level of contact with the author contribute to the mood and tone of the book?

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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