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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 does Nancy Friday say is the reason why women don't admit fantasies?

2. Who did Jacqueline accidentally tell her fantasy to?

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

4. Which of the following contributes to a woman's guilt about her fantasies?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the situation that both Sophie and Paula face.

2. How does Nancy Friday compare men to women?

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

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

5. What does the author compare crotch watching to?

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

7. What does the author suggest that women should do with their fantasies?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the process in which the author obtained data for her experiment. How did the author react to obtaining the information?

Essay Topic 3

What are three of the reasons why women fantasize? Give an example of each reason in the form of a fantasy that fits the criteria for each reason. Are all of these reasons for women to fantasize logical and rational? Why or why not?

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