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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. How does the author show that she is like her readers?

2. For women who act out their fantasies, what do they possess?

3. What do men not like the idea of, according to Friday?

4. According to experts, which of the following is true?

5. Who is often threatened by the idea of a woman's fantasy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nancy Friday compare men to women?

3. What does Nancy Friday think about acting out fantasies?

4. How does the author dispel expert opinion in Chapter 4?

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

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

7. What is the goal of Chapter 6?

8. What role have women been assigned, according to Nancy Friday?

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

10. How do experts compare visual arousal by men and women and how does Nancy Friday refute this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did you learn as a result of reading this book? Did each chapter provide new insight and new information? What information did you want to know about?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Nancy Friday's house of fantasy. What are the parallels of this metaphorical house to a brothel? Why is this significant?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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