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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 room four about?

2. What is in the final room of the house of fantasy?

3. Where does Celeste imagine that she and her husband are making love?

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

5. Who did the author initially begin discussing fantasies with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is an example of frustration?

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

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

5. Describe the role of exploration in fantasizing.

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

7. How did women feel to be able to write in their fantasies to Friday?

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

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

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 2

What happens when women do not feel ashamed or guilty about their fantasies? Is this positive or negative? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the book critically. Did the author's research make sense? Was it scientific? Did the author have a bias in writing the book? How do you think this is related to the content of the book? Does this make it any more or less good?

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