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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. What does Karen fantasize about?
(a) Making love to an animal.
(b) Making love to her husband's son.
(c) Making love to another woman.
(d) Making love outside.

2. What is the name of the woman the author found out about through a psychologist?
(a) Bellinda.
(b) Gabrielle.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Bertha.

3. What is the second reason the author lists for women having fantasies?
(a) Eagerness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Insufficiency.
(d) Laziness.

4. What is in room eight?
(a) Transformation.
(b) Animals.
(c) Women.
(d) Beauty.

5. How does Nancy Friday feel about women sharing fantasies with their partners?
(a) She says it only creates hostility.
(b) She does not advocate it.
(c) She thinks women should only share with their girlfriends.
(d) She thinks women should always share their fantasies.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Nancy Friday's publisher, what did the character of her novel look like?

2. Who did the author initially begin discussing fantasies with?

3. What does Nancy Friday say women are not encouraged to do?

4. Which of the following is a way for women to fantasize?

5. What is in room two of the house of fantasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the concept of approval tie in to fantasies?

2. Why did the author write this book?

3. How did women feel to be able to write in their fantasies to Friday?

4. Describe why women may fantasize about being with other women, according to Nancy Friday.

5. How does Nancy Friday feel about women sharing fantasies with their lovers?

6. Describe the first room of the house of fantasy.

7. Describe Nancy Friday's use of the metaphor of a house to represent women's fantasies.

8. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

9. Describe the role of exploration in fantasizing.

10. During sexual activity, how does the importance of the mind compare to the importance of the body?

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