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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Reverse activity.
(b) Mitigating activity.
(c) Perverse activity.
(d) Litigating activity.

3. When do the authors recommend taking any step to make oneself feel safer and more comfortable?
(a) When faced with overwhelming consequences.
(b) When faced with overwhelming decisions.
(c) When faced with overwhelming emotions.
(d) When faced with overwhelming desires.

4. How do the authors recommend people to communicate in 'fair fighting'?
(a) Using "We" messages.
(b) Using "Someone" messages.
(c) Using "I" messages.
(d) Using "You" messages.

5. Which of the following is NOT what Chapter 8 in "Within Ourselves" discusses regarding reassurance and support?
(a) How to give it.
(b) How to ask for it.
(c) How to replace it.
(d) How to receive it.

6. Whose interests might it serve to have no legal regulations involving marriage?
(a) It would serve personal and public interest.
(b) It would serve public interest.
(c) It would not serve personal or public interest.
(d) It would serve personal interest.

7. 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) Dig the Ditch.
(d) Bite the Bullet.

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

9. In the case of the woman who planned on being housemates with an opposite sex friend, according to the authors, what was the woman's error probably based on?
(a) Gender difference.
(b) Sexual gratification.
(c) Sexual identification.
(d) Gender equality.

10. The authors acknowledge that sex is not inherently intended for the following reasons, EXCEPT for which one?
(a) Manipulation.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Misuse.

11. To whom is Dossie committed?
(a) A man.
(b) Catherine.
(c) No one.
(d) Both a man and Catherine.

12. According to the authors, which of the following is one of the most important attributes for "healthy sluts"?
(a) Self-assertion.
(b) Self-reliance.
(c) Self-knowledge.
(d) Self-control.

13. What do the authors feel a man is often judged by?
(a) The totality of his actions.
(b) The totality of his finances.
(c) The totality of his assets.
(d) The totality of his words.

14. After the authors have finished introducing the book and themselves, the section "Within Ourselves" continues with discussion of what two specific topics?
(a) Morals & Indecency.
(b) Sex & Relationships.
(c) Values & Ethics.
(d) Heterosexuality & Homosexuality.

15. In the section titled "Government is Not Our Friend", the authors debate against government policies connected with what?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Age of consent.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors of the book observe that they have never met anyone who, at the moment of orgasm, had what?

2. The book advocates sexual behavior as an activity that is meant to be what?

3. The authors developed and sustained meaningful long-term networks of people while practicing what?

4. What example of role-play is given in the book to illustrate the concept of boundaries?

5. How do the authors think "sluts" compare to most people regarding boundaries?

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