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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 changes for the narrator in "Harlem Blues" as she watches her friend, the piano player?

2. What does the narrator leave on her "boyfriend's" car window in "The Seduction"?

3. What does the narrator caress her boyfriend's body with before giving him a massage in "The Seduction"?

4. Where does Amber have dinner with the person who misdials her?

5. Why is Norman so distraught in " The Godfather"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the narrator in "Lust in a Bust Depot".

2. How does "The Airport" end?

3. How does "Be My Valentine" end?

4. What is the result of the narrator's night alone with Geren in "Sock It To Me"?

5. Describe how Yardley and Clarence meet in "Be My Valentine".

6. Describe the couple in "Dinner At Eight"s romance and lust.

7. What happens in "Animal Farm"?

8. Describe what happens to Mira before she marries her husband in "The Bachelorette Party".

9. What does the couple do in "First Night"?

10. In "A Time For Change" what is Bridget upset with her husband Drake about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a story from each section, Wild, Wilder, and Off Da Damn Hook to describe and explain the sexual repression women are constantly struggling with. Include how each story gets progressively more graphic and less appropriate for the general public.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the bandit in "The Pussy Bandit" and the irony in that all the women want the bandit to come and perform cunnilingus on them, yet traditionally, women fear men who come into their rooms to fulfill sexual desires.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss "The Diary" and what Zane is suggesting about time and age in relationship to love and intimacy.

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