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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. What job position does Grace hold in "The Valley of the Freaks"?

2. What type of writing begins "My Knight In Shining Armor"?

3. What does the narrator pack away at the end of "The Voyeur"?

4. In "Dream Merchant" what does the narrator call herself?

5. Why is the narrator alone and depressed in "Vacation of a Lifetime"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what the narrator in "Wanna Watch" does for her boyfriend.

2. What happens at the end of "Stakeout"?

3. In "Blind Date" describe what happens as result of Jocelyn's intimate hotel experience?

4. How is one directed to the Valley of the Freaks?

5. What is the Dream Merchant's current state at work?

6. Why are people intimidated by Page in "Nymph"?

7. Describe Rayn and PJ's relationship in "Mailman".

8. How does Netanya first come to know Prescott in "The Cat Burglar"?

9. What is Jocelyn ready to take seriously in "Blind Date"?

10. Who and why is the narrator getting revenge on in "Sweet Revenge"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and explain the role of homosexual sexuality in heterosexual relationships by analyzing "The Airport" and "Wanna Watch?".

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss how the stories in"The Sex Chronicles: Shattering the Myth" parallel relationships in that they both progress gradually from mild and socially acceptable content to more extreme and less socially acceptable content. Consider the first story "First Night" in comparison to the last, "Apha Phi Fuckem- The Convention"

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the gender role reversals that occur in "A Time For Change" and "Animal Farm". How does this further prove Zane's idea that women's sexual desire has been repressed?

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