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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 are women often told that they are, according to the author?

2. What causes fantasies to grow?

3. A man wrote to the author about his wife's fantasies in chapter 6. How long had he been married?

4. What might lead a woman to becoming more repressed?

5. Which of the following does Nancy Friday discuss in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of mundane items, people, and events in fantasies.

2. Describe the letter a man wrote to Nancy Friday about his wife.

3. Which fantasies stay the most exciting, according to the author?

4. What effects might sharing or acting out fantasies have on a relationship?

5. When women do not have guilt about their fantasies, what do they often do?

6. Describe the positive letter Nancy Friday received from a man in Chapter 6.

7. Is Nancy Friday effective in explaining how women get their fantasy ideas from? Why or why not?

8. When a man cannot control the fact that a woman fantasizes, what happens, according to the author?

9. How does the theme of sexual equality play into Nancy Friday's chapter about guilt?

10. What is the goal of Chapter 6?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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