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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Judging Ourselves", what must be counteracted if internalized by an individual?
(a) Negative messages about others.
(b) Positive messages about others.
(c) Positive messages about themselves.
(d) Negative messages about themselves.

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

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

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the actions the section called "Poor Baby" emphasizes as acceptable?
(a) To feel pity for your lover.
(b) To give yourself compassion and comfort.
(c) To spend time with friends.
(d) To feel sad or dissatisfied.

5. What term or phrase in the book conveys the idea of advocating healthy sexual lives?
(a) Sex positive.
(b) Health positive.
(c) Slut positive.
(d) Slut negative.

6. 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) Heat-treating.
(c) Fire-walking.
(d) Limit-setting.

7. What is a negative consequence of subtle outercourse, according to the book?
(a) Misinterpretation.
(b) Dissatisfaction.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Infertility.

8. In "A Slut's Eye-View", the authors look at the ways promiscuous people are what?
(a) Obsessed.
(b) Assuaged.
(c) Assaulted.
(d) Oppressed.

9. In the book's discussion of "Denial versus Fulfillment", what concept is explored in terms of denial?
(a) Denial of gratification.
(b) Denial of satisfaction.
(c) Denial of identity.
(d) Denial of pleasures.

10. According to the book, many people are attacked purely because they are what?
(a) Sluts.
(b) Women.
(c) Homosexuals.
(d) Victims.

11. What are boundaries in a relationship NOT likely influenced by, according to the book?
(a) Co-existing boundaries.
(b) The context of the interaction.
(c) The purpose of the relationship.
(d) Non-existing boundaries.

12. The authors convey that the book is written to counteract the trend of individuals being forced out of what kind of sexual and romantic lives?
(a) Homosexual lives.
(b) Rewarding lives.
(c) Degrading lives.
(d) Solitary lives.

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

14. Who was Sigmund Freud?
(a) A 19th century mathematician.
(b) A 19th century psychologist.
(c) A 19th century biologist.
(d) A 19th century theologian.

15. According to the authors, "promiscuity" is typically an accusation that a person probably has too much sex, and what else?
(a) Too many health issues.
(b) Too many promises.
(c) Too many orgasms.
(d) Too many partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors support that people have a choice whether to be civil rights activists for what cause?

2. In the book's examples, how is a person likely to feel when a lover goes out on a date with someone else?

3. According to the book, jealousy can inform people about all of the following, EXCEPT for which of these?

4. Which of the following would least likely be a suitable option for some "sluts"?

5. In the book, what happened in the case of the woman who planned on being housemates with an opposite sex friend?

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