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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the book state is NOT traditionally associated with the term 'sex'?
(a) Foreplay.
(b) Outercourse.
(c) Biological gender.
(d) Sexual intercourse.

2. What do the authors claim is the motivation for their behavior?
(a) Curiosity and interest.
(b) Profits and interest.
(c) Jealousy and lust.
(d) Curiosity and ignorance.

3. According to the authors, a relationship that is not a lifelong partnership is not necessarily what?
(a) Beneficial.
(b) A success.
(c) Tragic.
(d) A failure.

4. In what section does one of the authors reveal the discovery that "jealousy needn't kill"?
(a) Survive the Sting.
(b) Skip the Stone.
(c) Bite the Bullet.
(d) Dig the Ditch.

5. According to its title, the third chapter of "Within Ourselves" discusses what kind of "Paradigms"?
(a) Social and Sexual.
(b) Young and Old.
(c) Old and New.
(d) Homosexual and Heterosexual.

6. In "Owning Your Choices", what do the authors point out that people need to take responsibility for?
(a) Their own education.
(b) Their own consequences.
(c) Their own finances.
(d) Their own emotions.

7. In the book's terms, since masturbation allows a person to take some action on one's own desires without imposing those desires on another person, it can be described as what kind of activity?
(a) Perverse activity.
(b) Mitigating activity.
(c) Reverse activity.
(d) Litigating activity.

8. What do the authors advocate that each individual owns?
(a) His or her own self.
(b) His or her partners' emotions.
(c) His or her partners' well-being.
(d) His or her own safety.

9. What do the authors claim the morals of a woman are often gauged by?
(a) Her sexual activities.
(b) Her homosexual activities.
(c) Her heterosexual activities.
(d) Her recreational activities.

10. The authors of the book observe that they have never met anyone who, at the moment of orgasm, had what?
(a) Low self-control.
(b) Low self-esteem.
(c) High self-esteem.
(d) High self-control.

11. In the authors' opinions, how can "sluts" become champions of boundaries?
(a) With caustic degradation.
(b) With callous exploitation.
(c) With cautious exploration.
(d) With casual observation.

12. For the authors, the dictum "In order to really be able to say 'yes' it must be genuinely possible to say 'no'..." illustrates which concept?
(a) Goal-setting.
(b) Fire-walking.
(c) Limit-setting.
(d) Heat-treating.

13. According to the authors, in a world that can be opposed to healthy fulfillment, it is important to find one's own what?
(a) Sexual center.
(b) Social center.
(c) Medical center.
(d) Ethical center.

14. How do the authors feel about a woman being judged by her activities?
(a) They feel it is wrong.
(b) They feel it is right.
(c) They feel it is laughable.
(d) They feel it is uncommon.

15. Why did the author feel relieved about their visit to the special club?
(a) The women were not very sexually aggressive.
(b) The men were not very sexually aggressive.
(c) The men were not very sexually passive.
(d) The women were not very sexually passive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which chapter do the authors state that "intimacy is based on shared vulnerability"?

2. Which of the following is NOT what Chapter 8 in "Within Ourselves" discusses regarding reassurance and support?

3. How do the authors think Freud might have viewed sexual promiscuity?

4. For whom does the book favor the concept of healthy sexuality?

5. The authors state that for healthy intimate connections, it is important to ensure that loved ones know that they are what?

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