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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 do the women in room six like to experience?

2. What did the author request from women?

3. How does Nancy Friday feel about women sharing fantasies with their partners?

4. Where does Celeste imagine that she and her husband are making love?

5. According to Nancy Friday, how do women feel about their sexual fantasies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of exploration in fantasizing.

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

3. What role does Nancy Friday believe that sexual initiative plays in fantasizing?

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

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

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

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

8. Why is the room about prostitution empty?

9. How did Nancy Friday get women to reveal fantasies to her?

10. Why did the author write this book?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

How does Friday seek to dispel expert opinions and assumptions? Is she successful? Why or why not?

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