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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. Laura brings up the familiar expression - "Why can't a woman be more like a _________?"
(a) Man.
(b) Woman.
(c) Mother.
(d) Human being.

2. According to the movies, a man is supposed to come and ____________________.
(a) Dote on her completely.
(b) Keep a woman hidden away.
(c) Make all of the bad things disappear.
(d) Sweep a woman off her feet.

3. Orson Welles noted that, "We will sell no _________ before its time," as quoted by Dr. Laura at the start of the chapter.
(a) Beer.
(b) Coin.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Wine.

4. One female caller tells Dr. Laura that she's just found out the man she's been dating is ______________.
(a) Gay.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Married.
(d) A doctor.

5. Dr. Laura continues to see women who refuse to leave a situation they know to be ______________.
(a) Unfair to their egos.
(b) Too perfect.
(c) Happy.
(d) Self-defeating.

6. Dr. Laura notes that whatever has happened in the ______________ may make us who we are today.
(a) Relationship.
(b) Present.
(c) Past.
(d) Family.

7. Dr. Laura points out that women should be the ones making their own ____________ in life.
(a) Choices.
(b) Families.
(c) Homes.
(d) Identities.

8. In the end, women end up blaming men for _________ them, even though they never agreed to a certain outcome.
(a) Mistreating.
(b) Misleading.
(c) Being with.
(d) Lying to.

9. __________ is also a big factor when it comes to living with a partner, according to Dr. Laura.
(a) Denial.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Anger.
(d) Ignorance.

10. Women tend to go into relationships with the idea of a ____________, rather than facing reality.
(a) Being a mother and nothing more.
(b) Chance to be rescued.
(c) Dream.
(d) Life of luxury.

11. Women need to be ___________ when they are dating so they can find a good man, not just any man.
(a) Submissive.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Commanding.
(d) Selective.

12. When the fantasy fails to occur, women stay anyway and settle ______________.
(a) For unhappiness.
(b) For less.
(c) For waiting for a better guy.
(d) For contentment.

13. It happens far too often that women date _________ and then refuse to leave them, according to Dr. Laura.
(a) Poor guys.
(b) Married men.
(c) Jerks.
(d) Princes.

14. Women fail to consider whether they are _____________ to the man when they're first dating someone.
(a) Attracted.
(b) Balanced.
(c) Giving.
(d) Subservient.

15. Dr. Laura asks if living together might be the ____________ for a relationship.
(a) Necessary action.
(b) Kiss of death.
(c) Tipping point.
(d) Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Women, says Dr. Laura, use a whole arsenal of ___________ to avoid facing certain truths in their lives.

2. Women seem to be choosing to live with their partners more often when they are ___________.

3. A caller says that there is nothing in the world for her when she doesn't have a ____________.

4. Dr. Laura wants her callers to face __________ when she asks them if their boyfriend wants to get married.

5. It is from women's __________ that they tend to be on the losing end of things so much of the time.

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