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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. Women are still too afraid in these situations to look beyond their ______________.

2. When women fail to look at what they want, they begin to lose sight of who they are as ____________.

3. If the notion of self esteem isn't rectified quickly, then a woman can feel alone and ____________.

4. Younger women who decide to live with their partners have not yet established their ____________.

5. Sometimes, women even feel ______ that they might be persuading the man to want more than they really do.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dr. Laura say that women do in order to avoid facing the fact they define themselves exclusively through men?

2. What happens when a woman lives with a man at a young age, according to Dr. Laura?

3. Why do women decide to cohabitate, according to Dr. Laura's experience and observations on her show and in her life?

4. What is considered the acceptable means of avoiding becoming an individual for a woman?

5. Why do women fail to talk to men about sex being a sign of a deeper relationship's beginning?

6. Why does Dr. Laura think it's sad that women define themselves through men, according to this book?

7. What happens when women hold out for a dream within their relationships?

8. What do women mistakenly believe, according to Dr. Laura, will happen when they live with their partner?

9. What happens when a woman gets so caught up in the attention she receives from a man?

10. What does Dr. Laura say about the past and how it relates to the way a person is in the present moment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Self esteem is the major issue for many women in their relationships, according to Dr. Laura.

Part 1: How do you define self esteem? Bad self esteem? Good self esteem?

Part 2: Why is self esteem important in a romantic relationship?

Part 3: Why do you think self esteem may be harder to maintain in a romantic relationship versus a platonic relationship? Or isn't it?

Essay Topic 2

Women tend to be less than excited to express anger when they feel it well up inside of them.

Part 1: Why do you think women don't like to express anger?

Part 2: Do you think it's healthy to express anger within a relationship?

Part 3: Why do you think men are more comfortable, in general, with expressing anger?

Essay Topic 3

Women, according to Dr. Laura, seem to have a number of fantasies which affect their relationships.

Part 1: How do you think fantasies can help in relationships? Or can't they?

Part 2: Why do you think fantasies are a bad thing to Dr. Laura?

Part 3: Do you think that all fantasies about relationships should be abandoned? Why or why not?

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