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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 room five categorized as?

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

3. Which of the following rooms is empty?

4. Where does the author say men discuss their sexual fantasies?

5. What does Kitty fantasize about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the purpose of Chapter 2?

6. What is Nancy Friday's goal in showing how women have fantasies in different themes?

7. Describe Nancy Friday's interaction with her publisher.

8. What is an example of frustration?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Nancy Friday believe that many women begin fantasizing during childhood? Is this accurate, in your opinion? Why or why not? How does Nancy Friday build an argument for her case?

Essay Topic 2

What problem is the author trying to solve? How was the problem presented to her? Is there a clear solution to the problem? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What did you learn as a result of reading this book? Did each chapter provide new insight and new information? What information did you want to know about?

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