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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. In Nancy Friday's refutation of the expert opinions, what do women walk around town doing?

2. Of the women that wrote to Nancy Friday, what did many beg her for?

3. When the man wrote in to Nancy Friday about his wife's fantasies, what effect did they have on the marriage?

4. What are men afraid of because they cannot control them?

5. What is Nancy Friday's overall message?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nancy Friday compare men to women?

2. What does the author compare crotch watching to?

3. Why do many women avoid acting out their fantasies in reality?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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