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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 assert about all fantasies?

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

3. What do the women in room six like to experience?

4. Which of the following did the author promise to the women who shared with her?

5. After her lover's reaction to hearing her fantasy, what does Nancy Friday begin to question?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nancy Friday's goal in showing how women have fantasies in different themes?

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

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

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

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

6. Why did the author write this book?

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

8. What does the author credit as the new attitude toward sex?

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

10. How does the concept of approval tie in to fantasies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the final chapter in the story? Why do you think these stories were put at the end? What insight are these stories lacking?

Essay Topic 2

What problem is the author trying to solve? How was the problem presented to her? Is there a clear solution to the problem? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How do men react to the idea of women having fantasies, according to Nancy Friday? Do you agree with her? What evidence convinces you of this?

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