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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. How does the author show that she is like her readers?
(a) She shares her own fantasies.
(b) She identifies with the men.
(c) She leaves out details that might make the reader uncomfortable.
(d) She says that experts are wrong.

2. What did the man who wrote to the author sign his name as?
(a) His wife's name.
(b) His full name.
(c) Anonymous.
(d) A fake woman's name.

3. A man wrote to the author about his wife's fantasies in chapter 6. How long had he been married?
(a) Five years.
(b) More than twenty years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

4. What is Babs reluctant to do?
(a) Incorporate new settings to her sex life.
(b) Have sex with a woman.
(c) Talk about fantasies.
(d) Act out fantasies.

5. According to Nancy Friday, where do some women get their fantasies?
(a) Real life.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Television.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might stop a woman from acting out fantasies in reality, according to the author?

2. For women who act out their fantasies, what do they possess?

3. Who did Jacqueline accidentally tell her fantasy to?

4. To women who accept their fantasies, what do these fantasies become for these women?

5. What did women fear about writing to Nancy Friday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do experts compare visual arousal by men and women and how does Nancy Friday refute this?

2. Describe the letter a man wrote to Nancy Friday about his wife.

3. What is the goal of Chapter 6?

4. Describe the positive letter Nancy Friday received from a man in Chapter 6.

5. Many women wrote to Nancy Friday and begged for anonymity. What does this tell the reader about these women and society?

6. What does the author suggest that women should do with their fantasies?

7. Where does Nancy Friday say that many women get their fantasies?

8. What effects might sharing or acting out fantasies have on a relationship?

9. What does the author compare crotch watching to?

10. When women do not have guilt about their fantasies, what do they often do?

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