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

2. What is the first listed requisite for intimacy in the book?

3. According to the authors, a relationship that is not a lifelong partnership is not necessarily what?

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

5. In "Owning Your Choices", what do the authors point out that people need to take responsibility for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authors feel about how sluts get treated by the public and the government?

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

3. What do the authors suggest is the 'best' way to mess a relationship up, and what are the effects?

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

5. How do the authors interpret the concept of the 'slut'?

6. How do the authors address conflict and resolution in regard to relationships?

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

8. According to the authors, how might two people 'accidentally' become a couple?

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

10. How do the authors redefine specific terms beyond their general usage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For the lesbian authors, their cultural view is limited to late 20th century America, where public sex is not the norm. Explain whether culture or society has changed since the authors wrote the book, based on the examples found within the publication.

Essay Topic 2

The authors write that sluts "actually have more boundaries than most folks" because they have "more points of contact" (p. 117). Discuss the types of boundaries mentioned in the book and how they affect relationships, in support or refutation of the preceding quote.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the sexual productions regarding pornography, sex clubs, and orgies in the context of the book and examine how anxiety factors into participation with these public acts of sex.

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