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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For whom does the book favor the concept of healthy sexuality?
(a) Only for lesbians.
(b) Only for women.
(c) Only for men.
(d) Both women and men.

3. In the book, what happened in the case of the woman who planned on being housemates with an opposite sex friend?
(a) She ended up spending 15 years with him.
(b) She knew that they would never get together.
(c) She ended up moving out right away.
(d) She knew right away he was sexually interested.

4. As mentioned in the book, people practicing alternative methods of having families can still protect loved ones through alternative legal methods to what is normally handled by what type of law?
(a) Marriage law.
(b) Finance law.
(c) Martial law.
(d) Common law.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose interests might it serve to have no legal regulations involving marriage?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the actions the section called "Poor Baby" emphasizes as acceptable?

3. According to the authors, being called what, within a committed relationship, has "some special challenges"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the authors define and then defend the term "promiscuous"?

2. According to the book, what are ways that promiscuous people are oppressed?

3. What oppression do the authors recognize in the section on 'Judging Ourselves' and what resolution do they suggest?

4. How do the concepts of denial and fulfillment affect a person who is "sex positive"?

5. How does one of the authors illustrate the idea that jealousy can tell people what they need or want for themselves?

6. How are boundaries affected in relationships, according to the authors?

7. How did the authors differ in sexual identification throughout their lives?

8. How do the authors strike a balance between their relationship with one another and their relationships with other people?

9. How do the authors answer the question of "Does Sex Need A 'Reason?"

10. How do the authors counter the idea of 'serial monogamy' as the only 'real' type of relationship?

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