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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 is the name of the woman whose husband refuses to have sex with her?

2. How did Nancy Friday's lover react to hearing about her fantasy of having sex during a sporting event?

3. What type of fantasy fits into room three?

4. What is the first reason Nancy Friday gives for women having fantasies?

5. What is the name of the woman who likes the idea of initiating her lover into the world of group sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nancy Friday begin bringing up the topic of fantasies and what did she find?

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

3. What is an example of frustration?

4. What did the author promise to the women who wrote in their fantasies?

5. Describe how Nancy Friday achieves the tone for this book.

6. Describe one of the fantasies mentioned in the story.

7. What did the author request from those who saw her ads? How did she react to the responses?

8. According to the author, how has she been restrained sexually?

9. What made the author begin to question her fantasies?

10. What does the author credit as the new attitude toward sex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do men react to the idea of women having fantasies, according to Nancy Friday? Do you agree with her? What evidence convinces you of this?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the process in which the author obtained data for her experiment. How did the author react to obtaining the information?

Essay Topic 3

What are three of the reasons why women fantasize? Give an example of each reason in the form of a fantasy that fits the criteria for each reason. Are all of these reasons for women to fantasize logical and rational? Why or why not?

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