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

2. What does Nancy Friday confess to?

3. What is the name of the woman who imagines having sex with another woman or with many men?

4. In Chapter 5, what is one of the reasons Nancy Friday gives for writing the book?

5. In what way are women similar to men according to Nancy Friday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author compare crotch watching to?

2. Many women wrote to Nancy Friday and begged for anonymity. What does this tell the reader about these women and society?

3. Where does Nancy Friday say that many women get their fantasies?

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

5. What is the overall theme of the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

Choose one quote from the book that sums up the overall theme. Explain how this is true. Then, choose another quote that conveys Friday's overall message and explain how this is true.

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