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Chapter 7: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behavior
Multiple-Choice Questions
1) According to Ira Reiss, ________ still prevails for women in the U.S.
A) permissiveness with affection
B) permissiveness without affection
C) the double standard
D) abstinence
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 209
Skill: comprehension
2) Americans spend the equivalent of ________ days per year watching television.
A) 10
B) 28
C) 43
D) 67
Answer: D
Skill: knowledge
3) In the U.S., the ________ standard is becoming more acceptable for men and women.
A) double
B) permissiveness with affection
C) permissiveness without affection
D) abstinence
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge
4) ________ is also defined as recreational sex.

A) The double standard
B) Permissiveness without affection
C) Permissiveness with affection
D) Abstinence
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge
5) Which theory views sexuality as the result of cultural definitions?

A) Structural-Functional
B) Symbolic Interaction
C) Conflict
D) Family Ecology
Answer: C
6) Knox’s research revealed college students were mostly ________ in their sexual beliefs.
A) hedonistic
B) absolutist
C) relativistic
D) conservative
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
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Chapter Seven: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behaviors
7) According to research, ________ of males and ____________ of females in the U.S. have had
intercourse by age 19.
A) 27%, 30%
B) 41%, 63%
C) 70%, 63%
D) 69%, 77%
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 210-211
Skill: knowledge
8) Which of the following teach us about sex?

A) parents
B) peers
C) popular culture
D) All of the above
Answer: E
Skill: knowledge
9) A ________ is a set of expectations as to how one should behave in sexual situations.

A) normative value
B) sexual response
C) sexual script
D) sexual taboo
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
10) Men’s sexual scripts

A) emphasize traditional roles.
B) tend to objectify women.
C) emphasize conquest rather than intimacy.
D) All of the above are true.
Answer: D
11) Women’s sexual scripts

A) emphasize physical attractiveness.
B) emphasize orgasm as the ultimate purpose of sex.
C) promote a high interest in sex.
D) All of the above
Answer: A

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12) People who are religiously devout and tend to adhere to strict standards have been labeled as ________
by David Knox.
A) absolutists
B) relativists
C) hedonists
D) virgins
Answer: A
Skill: knowledge
13) According to research, the median age of people having their first sexual experience is
A) 18.1.
B) 17.6.
C) 15.8.
D) 16.2.
Answer: B
14) According to research, ________ mothers of sexually active teens mistakenly believe that their
children are still virgins.
A) one out of every three
B) five out of every ten
C) three out of every four
D) four out of every five
Answer: B
15) Oral stimulation of a penis by a partner is called

A) cunnilingus.
B) fellatio.
C) outercourse.
D) masturbation.
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge
16) Oral stimulation of the female genitals is called

A) cunnilingus.
B) fellatio.
C) outercourse.
D) masturbation.
Answer: A
Skill: knowledge
17) Sexually sensitive areas of the body are called

A) outercourse zones.
B) erogenous zones.
C) anorgasmic zones.
D) All of the above
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge

18) The word pornography comes from ancient

A) Rome.
B) Incan cultures.
C) Greece.
D) Anglo Saxon tribes.
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
19) ________ is becoming sexually aroused by secretly watching others undress or have sex.
A) Exhibitionism
B) Fetishism
C) Sadomasochism
D) Voyeurism
Answer: D
Skill: knowledge
20) A form of sexual behavior that involves having sexual contact with the dead is called
A) sadomasochism.
B) fetishism.
C) necrophilia.
D) voyeurism.
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
21) Bondage, dominance, and submission are all forms of

A) obscenity.
B) exhibitionism.
C) sadomasochism.
D) fetishism.
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
22) Deriving sexual pleasure from a non-sexual object is called

A) fetishism.
B) voyeurism.
C) exhibitionism.
D) sadomasochism.
Answer: A
Skill: knowledge
23) The most frequent sexual complaint of married couples is that one or both suffers from
A) sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
B) sexual addiction.
C) one or more forms of atypical sexual expression.
D) inhibited sexual desire (ISD).
Answer: D
Skill: knowledge

24) Inhibited sexual desire

A) is the inability to feel sexual.
B) is an uncommon problem for couples.
C) has not been linked to asexual partnerships.
D) All of the above
Answer: A
Skill: knowledge
25) Which of the following characteristics affects inhibited sexual desire?

A) not enough satisfying sex
B) sexual abuse in the past
C) trying to gain power in the relationship
D) All of the above
Answer: D
26) Those who suffer from sexual addiction

A) have a compulsive disorder.
B) experience self loathing.
C) often use sex to mask the pain of earlier sexual abuse.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
27) Primary sexual dysfunctions in women include

A) painful intercourse.
B) vaginal spasms.
C) inability to have an orgasm.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 2
Skill: knowledge
28) Common sexual dysfunctions in men include

A) premature ejaculation.
B) inability to have an orgasm.
C) painful intercourse.
D) All of the above
Answer: A
Skill: knowledge
29) Which of the following is an STD?

A) hepatitis B
B) human papilloma virus
C) chlamydia
D) All of the above
Answer: E
Skill: knowledge

30) A woman’s virginity

A) can neither be proven nor disproven.
B) is determined by the presence of an intact hymen.
C) most often prevails until she is married.
D) All of the above
Answer: A
31) The leading killer of African American females ages 25-44 in the U.S. is
A) gun violence.
B) heart disease.
C) AIDS.
D) drug overdose.
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
32) From 1981 to 2009, the number of reported cases of AIDS in the U.S. was
A) 988,376.
B) 1,142,714.
C) 617,025.
D) 1,902,997.
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge
33) Which of the following groups is at high risk for contracting HIV/AIDS?
A) homosexual men who have multiple partners
B) intravenous drug users
C) heterosexuals with multiple partners
D) All of the above
Answer: D
34) Delay of first intercourse is related to

A) the strength of religious beliefs.
B) the influence of parents.
C) lower alcohol consumption.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
35) ________ had the highest increase in reported new AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
A) Heterosexual white females
B) Heterosexual black females
C) Heterosexual Hispanic females
D) Homosexual white females
Answer: B

36) Research revealed ________ of Internet users between the ages of 10-17 had viewed online porn.
A) 24%
B) 30%
C) 42%
D) 68%
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
37) A study by the Kinsey Institute revealed that approximately ________ of women in college defined
having oral sex as having sex with someone.
A) 1%
B) 11%
C) 37%
D) 54%
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
38) ________ is one of the riskiest activities for the transmission of HIV and other STDs.
A) Cunnilingus
B) Anal sex
C) Vaginal sex
D) Mutual oral-genital stimulation
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge
39) A(n) ________ is any mental image of any kind of sexual activity.
A) nocturnal orgasm
B) anorgasmic dream
C) sexual fantasy
D) sexual dream
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
40) Public health officials point out every time you have sex with someone, you are in effect having sex
with your partner’s previous sex partners of the last ________.
A) 6 months
B) 2 years
C) 5 years
D) 10 years
Answer: D
Skill: knowledge
41) ________ of the people infected with AIDS in 2009 were gay and bisexual men.
A) 39%
B) 48%
C) 60%
D) 73%
Answer: C

42) ________ is the most common STD in the U.S.

A) Herpes
B) Chlamydia
C) Gonorrhea
D) Genital warts
Answer: B
43) According to sexual conservatives,

A) sex is sacred.
B) sex is legitimate only in marriage.
C) abstinence-only education is the best approach.
D) All of the above
Answer: D
44) ________ is self-stimulation of the genitals for sexual pleasure.

A) Nocturnal orgasm
B) Foreplay
C) Masturbation
D) Outercourse
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
45) A person can be infected with HIV as long as ________ before AIDS symptoms begin to appear.
A) 2 years
B) 5 years
C) 7 years
D) 10 years
Answer: D
46) According to the World Health Organization, sexual intercourse occurs more than ________ million
times per day around the world.
A) 10
B) 50
C) 100
D) 500
Answer: C
Skill: knowledge
47) Because of ________ our culture, teenagers feel pressure to lose their virginity at earlier ages.
A) immorality in
B) the hypersexualization of
C) the lack of abstinence norms in
D) All of the above
Answer: B
Skill: knowledge

48) According to Panel 7.8, what age group had the highest number of reported AIDS cases?
A) 30-34
B) 35-39
C) 40-44
D) 45-49
Answer: B
49) In Panel 7.2, the number one reason students reported that caused them to agree to unwanted sexual
activity was
A) altruism.
B) inexperience.
C) enticement.
D) intoxication.
Answer: C
50) In Panel 7.4, what group of 15- to 17-year-olds had the highest number engaging in oral sex?
A) Black
B) White
C) Hispanic
D) None of the above
Answer: B
True/False Questions
1) In African American families, mothers tend to teach both their sons and daughters about sex.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
2) Most Americans place a high value on fidelity in marriage.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
3) Approximately 28% of all husbands are unfaithful in their marriages.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
4) Popular culture has a profound impact on a teenagers’ sexuality.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
5) Most forms of atypical sexual behavior are engaged in by men.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge

6) Sexual addicts have very intense physical and emotional relationships with one partner at a time.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: knowledge
7) The rate of HIV transmission for heterosexuals is rising at three times the rate for homosexuals.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
8) Because of hypersexualization in the U.S. culture, males but not females are encouraged to lose their
virginity at early ages.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: knowledge
9) Research indicates that more than half of teenagers say their parents rarely or never talk to them about
sex.
Answer: TRUE
10) According to Jean Kilbourne, media advertising images of women are detrimental to American
women’s health.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
11) Eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa affect only American females.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: knowledge
12) Some research indicates that 6% of college undergraduates equated sex with deep kissing.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
13) Most married men and women develop similar expectations for giving and receiving oral sex in their
relationships.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: knowledge
14) In the age of AIDS and HIV, people tend to be very careful and practice safe sex to avoid exposure to
STDs.
Answer: FALSE
15) Outercourse is the name given to sexual acts that do not expose the partner to semen or vaginal
secretions.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge

16) Oral intercourse can allow sexually transmitted diseases to pass from one partner to the next.
Answer: TRUE
17) Condoms have a higher breakage rate during anal intercourse as compared to vaginal sex.
Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
18) Erogenous zones include only the genital and adjacent areas.
Answer: FALSE
Skill: knowledge
19) Any person who is totally celibate fears sexual relations.

Answer: FALSE
20) The word pornography comes from ancient Greece.

Answer: TRUE
Skill: knowledge
Fill-in-the-Blank
1) A form of abstinence in which young people stop having sex is called ________virginity.
Answer: renewed
Skill: knowledge
2) In Hispanic and African American families, ________ are more likely to discuss sex with their teenage
sons and daughters.
Answer: mothers
Skill: knowledge
3) A person who masturbates but has no sexual partner is engaging in ________ celibacy.
Answer: partial
Skill: knowledge
4) The “69” sexual position is used for________ _______ stimulation.

Answer: mutual oral-genital
Skill: knowledge
5) The more ________ a person is, the less drinking he/she is likely to engage in, thus lowering the
frequency of risky sexual behaviors.
Answer: religious
Skill: knowledge

6) A depiction of sexual behavior through words or pictures with the intent to cause sexual excitement is
called ________.
Answer: pornography
Skill: knowledge
7) Most forms of atypical sexual behavior are more frequently engaged in by ________ rather than
________.
Answer: men; women
Skill: knowledge
8) Compulsive sexual behavior to have multiple sexual partners and experiences is known as ________
_________.
Answer: sexual addiction
Skill: knowledge
9) The primary female sexual dysfunctions are ________, ________, and ________.
Answer: inability to have orgasms; painful intercourse; vaginal spasms
Skill: knowledge
10) ________ __________ have the highest rate of AIDS-related deaths in the U.S.
Answer: African Americans
11) The HIV virus allows other illnesses such as ________ and ________ to develop.
Answer: infections (i. e. pneumonia); cancers
Skill: knowledge
12) AIDS stands for ________ _________ _________ _________.

Answer: acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Skill: knowledge
13) The rate of HIV transmission for ________ is rising at three times the rate for ________.
Answer: heterosexuals; homosexuals
Skill: knowledge
14) A ________ _________ is any mental image of any kind of sexual activity.
Answer: sexual fantasy
Skill: knowledge
15) A heterosexual woman is more than ________ times as likely to get HIV/AIDS from a heterosexual
man than a heterosexual man is to get it from a heterosexual female.
Answer: two
Skill: knowledge

16) _________ is adherence to strict codes, usually based in religion, that dictate what is right and wrong.
Answer: Absolutism
Skill: knowledge
17) ________ and ________ are two examples of commercial sex.

Answer: Pornography; prostitution
Skill: knowledge
18) ________ is the exposing of one’s genitals to an unwilling victim.

Answer: Exhibitionism
Skill: knowledge
19) A person can be HIV positive for as long as ________ years before AIDS symptoms usually start to
appear.
Answer: 10
Skill: knowledge
20) The two opposing groups and their views on sex in the U.S. are the sexual ________ and the sexual
________.
Answer: conservatives; liberals
Skill: knowledge
Short Answer Questions

1) Discuss the reasons why women are more at risk for exposure to HIV infection.
Answer: The student should indicate that the rate of heterosexual transmission of HIV is increasing. Many
heterosexual couples are reluctant to use safer sex preventions. Semen lingers longer in the body of women
and their genital surface area is larger and more exposed.
2) Identify and describe the three sexual values that David Knox’s research found guided behavior in
sexual decision making.
Answer: The student’s answer should include discussion of absolutism, hedonism, and relativism.
Skill: knowledge
3) Discuss why teenagers are reluctant to talk to their parents about sex.
Answer: The student should assert that many teens feel embarrassed or ashamed to talk to their parents.
They believe their parents are too judgmental or old fashioned. Teens do not want their parents to pry into
their private lives.
4) Define and discuss the causes of ISD. What suggestions are given in the text to improve ISD problems?
Answer: The student should indicate that ISD is inhibited sexual dysfunction. It affects most couples due to
exhaustion from work and family roles. Marital dissatisfaction with the partner can also contribute to it.
Drugs and alcohol and past sexual abuse may also be factors. Solutions cited in the text include breaking
the cycle of routine, trying new sexual techniques, spending time with each other, and marital counseling.

5) Identify and describe sexual scripts for men and women in the U.S. How do these guide sexual
behavior?
Answer: The student should indicate that sexual scripts are expectations for sexual behavior in certain
situations. These scripts are learned throughout our lives. Men and women have different expectations and
rules for behavior. Men are expected to be more aggressive sexually and be more physically aroused.
Women are expected to be more nurturing and accommodating. Women value intimacy; men value
conquest.
Skill: knowledge
6) Identify and describe the three female sexual dysfunctions. How is each treated?
Answer: The student should assert that sexual dysfunctions in women include the inability to have an
orgasm, dyspareunia (painful intercourse), and vaginismus (vaginal spasms). Women with an inability to
have an orgasm may need to learn other techniques for orgasm, such as masturbation. Dyspareunia can be
caused by lack of lubrication, infections, or deep penetration. Different sexual techniques, sexual
lubricants, and medical intervention can help. Vaginismus can be caused by stress or trauma. Health care
professionals can help with this problem.
Skill: knowledge
7) Discuss how people get infected with HIV in the U.S.

Answer: The student should assert that the people most at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS are men who
have sex with men, men and women who inject drugs, and men and women who have heterosexual contact.
Other sources of the disease include transmission from mothers to infants and accidental contacts.
8) Discuss some of the strides that have been made in the fight against AIDS.
Answer: The student should include the following: (1) not everyone who gets infected gets sick, a fact that
may yield further clues, (2) circumcision may reduce a man’s risk of contracting AIDS from heterosexual
contact by as much as 65%, (3) the spread of HIV in some of the hardest-hit African nations is actually
slowing, and (4) American AIDS victims can now expect to live for an average of 24 years, the result of
(expensive) drug therapies.
9) Contrast sex education in the U.S. and other European nations.

Answer: The student should assert that Europeans receive sex education at much earlier ages, kindergarten
in some instances. Even offering sex education to teenagers in middle and high schools in the U.S. is
controversial. In the U.S., the trend in sex education is moving toward primarily teaching abstinence.
Skill: analysis
10) What are some common STDs? Who tends to contract STDs? What dilemma do asymptomatic STDs
pose?
Answer: The student should indicate that common STDs include HIV, hepatitis B, herpes, human
papilloma virus, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and parasite infections. The most common is chlamydia,
and about two-thirds of STDs occur among people under age 25. Because many STDs cause no symptoms,
partners may unwittingly pass them along, even if they are in monogamous relationships. Having sex with
someone means having sex with every one of his/her previous sexual partners for the last 10 years.
Skill: knowledge

Essay Questions
1) Discuss Ira Reiss’s four standards of premarital sex.
Answer: The student should indicate that Reiss’s four standards are the double standard, permissiveness
with affection, permissiveness without affection, and abstinence. The more traditional double standard
allows men more freedom in their sexual activities. Women, however, are expected to remain more chaste.
Permissiveness with affection has become accepted today. It allows premarital sex for both men and
women as long as they are in committed relationships. Less acceptable is permissiveness without affection,
especially for women. This standard allows for casual sex. Abstinence teaches avoidance of sex totally. It is
not the most practiced standard.
2) Discuss David Knox’s three sexual values that guide college student's sexual behavior.
Answer: The student should point out that Knox’s research found college students had three sexual values
that influenced their behavior. The first was absolutism, those that followed strict sexual codes usually
influenced by religious values. Hedonism embraced casual sex; men were six times more likely to endorse
hedonism than women. Lastly, relativism identified sexual relations as occurring in the context of a
relationship. Most college students were influenced by relativism.
3) What sources teach young people about sex? Which of these have the most influence and why?
Answer: The student should identify sources of influence including parents, peers, religion, sex education,
sexual partners, and the media. Peers were found to have the most influence. Information was exchanged
freely without fear of shame or embarrassment. Religious groups may or may not have a strong influence.
The degree of religiosity as measured by church attendance has a strong influence on behavior. Media can
also influence behavior, by presenting role models and standards for behavior.
4) Debate the influence of sex education on teens’ sexual attitudes. What are the criticisms?
Answer: The students should provide his/her own opinions of sex education programs, which are usually
conservative or just teach abstinence. Research indicates these programs have not affected teens’ sexual
behaviors.
Skill: analysis
5) Discuss two aspects of commercial sex and five types of atypical sexuality presented in the textbook.
Answer: The student should assert that two aspects of commercial sex include prostitution and
pornography. Pornography has increasingly become more mainstream, available in regular video and
bookstores as well as established hotels. Prostitution is most often an occupation that prostitutes want to
leave, and it is a source of great debate concerning its legalization. Four types of atypical sexuality cited in
the text include voyeurism, fetishism, exhibitionism, sadomasochism, and obscene phone calls. The
majority of these are engaged in by men. Voyeurism involves sexual excitement while secretly watching
others undress. Fetishism is when a person has sexual arousal from a non-sexual object. Exhibitionism
consists of exposing one’s private parts to an unsuspecting victim. Sadomasochism involves deriving
sexual pleasure while giving or receiving pain. Persons who make obscene calls derive pleasure from the
reactions of their victims.

6) Discuss the micro view on human sexuality.

Answer: The student should indicate that the micro view is symbolic interaction theory, which holds that
there is no one definition of sexuality, but it is created daily through interactions. Cultural and subcultural
differences result in a variety of sexual practices and beliefs. People develop their own definitions of
femininity and masculinity, which affect their perceptions. Definitions of sexuality are socially created and
change over time.
7) Contrast the two macro views on human sexuality. Which view do you find more useful? Support your
answer.
Answer: The student’s discussion of structural-functional and conflict theories should identify the functions
of sexual norms in society versus the exploitation and discrimination that arises from sexual roles.
Skill: evaluation
8) Discuss the incidence of HIV and AIDS cases in the U.S. Who is at risk and why?
Answer: The student should indicate that the highest risk groups for HIV include people in their thirties,
especially among minority groups. African American females age 25-44 are the highest at risk. More and
more victims are female. Women of color are especially at risk. Heterosexual teenagers, adults with
multiple partners, intravenous drug users, and those who live in high risk regions of the country are also at
risk.
9) Define and discuss sexual addiction. What is the cause of sexual addiction? How can sexual addiction
be treated?
Answer: Sexual addiction is a compulsive disorder. A person is not satisfied with just one sexual partner.
Its causes can include emotional and physical abuse as a child. Psychotherapy seems the best course to treat
it; additionally, sex addicts may find support by joining organizations like Sexaholics Anonymous or
Sexual Addicts Anonymous.
10) What trends have you observed concerning mass media’s portrayal of sex and sexuality? Based upon
your observations, what effects do you think media will have on how Americans feel about sex? Support
your answer with examples from television, music and music videos, advertising, movies, and the Internet.
Answer: The student should indicate trends he/she has observed and should predict future effects of the
media on perceptions of sex, using from TV, music and music videos, advertising, movies, and the
Internet.
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B. and the Duchess of——Novel scheme for making
maids obedient—English servants—Lady J.—Lord C.
—Mr. Pitt, and the disturbed state of England—Peers
made by Mr. Pitt—Footmen’s nosegays—Mr. Pitt’s last
words, as related by Gifford—Melancholy reflections—
Mr. Pitt’s signature—Mr. Pitt a Statesman inferior to
Lord Chatham—Mr. Fox—Sir Walter Scott—Shaykh
Mohammed Nasýb—Turkish dervises—Anecdote of
Sir William Pynsent—Sir John Dyke—High and low
descent exemplified in Captain—and Count Rewisky—
Lady Charlotte Bury—The Empress Josephine—
Buonaparte—Mr. Pitt’s physiognomy—Advantageous
offers refused by Lady Hester—Her house in
Montague Square—The Cheshire Squire—Ingratitude
of the world—Trust not in man, but in God
CHAPTER VII.
Journey to Beyrout—Death of Mrs. K—- —Mr.

George Robinson and M. Guys—The River Damoor—
Khaldy—Letter from Lady Hester to Mr. K.—Lord
Prudhoe—Mrs. Moore—Lady Hester’s dislike to be the
subject of occasional poetry—Striking a Turk—Lady
Hester’s opinion of Lord Byron—Arrival of Maximilian
Duke of Bavaria—Letter to the Baron de Busech—
Letter to H.R H. the Duke Maximilian—Adventures of
the Duke—Illness of the Duke’s negro, Wellington—
Vexation of His Royal Highness—Letter to Mr. K.,
merchant at Beyrout—Letter to Lord Brougham—
Professional visit to Sulyman Pasha’s child—League
between the maids and receivers of stolen goods—
Black doses for the Prince’s suite—Letter from Lady
Hester to the Duke of Bavaria on his intended visit—
The Duke leaves Syria 171
CHAPTER VIII.
Petty annoyances in hot countries—Lady Hester 225

refuses Duke Maximilian’s portrait—She insists on the
Author’s leaving her—Continuation of the negro
Wellington’s case—Progress of the Druze insurrection
—Destruction of locusts—Mysterious visit at the Dar—
Reasons why Lady Hester kept daring fellows in her
service—Russian spies—Dr. Lœve’s visit—Dangerous
state of the country—Lady Hester’s dream—Her
resolution to immure herself—Visit from Mr. M.—Visit
from Colonel Hazeta and Dr. Mill—Letter from Lord
Palmerston to Lady Hester—Her answer—
Inexpediency of having consular agents, not natives of
the country they represent—Successes of the Druzes
—Lady Hester’s belief in fortune-telling—Letter from
Sir Francis Burdett—Colonel Needham’s property—
Lord Coutts—Subscribers to pay Mr. Pitt’s debts—
Fright from a serpent—Battle of Yanta—Sir N. Wraxall
a peer—Discourse upon heads—A spy—Letter to the
Duke Maximilian of Bavaria
CHAPTER IX.
Vessel hired for the Author’s departure—Lady 271

Hester’s intention of writing her Memoirs—Letter from
Lady Hester to Sir Francis Burdett—From Lady Hester
to Count Wilsensheim—Events of the Druze
insurrection—Inexpediency of M. Guys’s removal from
Beyrout—Letter from the Author to Count Wilsensheim
—Letter from Lady Hester Stanhope to the Baron de
Busech—Lady Hester immured—Principal reason of
the Author’s return to Europe—His adieux—Passage
to Cyprus—Reception by Signor Baldassare Mattei—
Provisions in Cyprus—Mademoiselle Longchamps—
Letter from Lady Hester to the Author—Commissions
—Second Letter from Lady Hester to the Author—
Third Letter from Lady Hester to the Author—Advice—
Obligations—Violence of temper—Mr. U.—General
Loustaunau—Logmagi and the muleteer—Fourth
Letter from Lady Hester to the Author—
Correspondence of the first Lord Chatham—Lady
Hester’s death—Conclusion
MEMOIRS
OF
LADY HESTER STANHOPE.

chapter i.
Prince Pückler Muskau—His letter to Lady Hester Stanhope—Story of the
Serpent’s Cave—Letter from Lady Hester to the Prince—Ride from Jôon to Sayda
—Cadi’s Justice—Madame Conti—Syrian surgeons.
March 20.—Lady Hester rose about three in the afternoon, and

went into her garden: I joined her about five o’clock. Spring had
already begun to display its verdant livery. The weather was
exceedingly fine, and every bush and tree seemed to have swollen
with sap, buds, and leaves, so that the eye could perceive a palpable
difference even from the preceding day. The birds were singing on
every branch (for nobody dared to molest them in this sacred spot),
and the bulbuls sat warbling a low but gentle music, which, now and
then, was broken in upon by their clear whistle, falling in cadences
on the ear like sweet concords. It was one of those hours which a
man, who feels himself in the decline of life, or gradually sinking
under disease, would most regret, in thinking that the harmony of
nature must soon close on him for ever.
Lady Hester had placed herself in a small white alcove, which
closed the vista at the bottom of a walk. A sofa, covered with
marone-coloured cloth, with flowered chintz cushions, ran across the
back of the alcove. On this she was leaning; and, being dressed in
her white abah with its large folds, she looked exactly like an antique
statue of a Roman matron. Half way up the avenue stood an
attendant in a handsome white Nizàm dress, which is exceedingly
becoming to youth, waiting her call. As I advanced towards her,
between two hedges—the one of double jessamine in full bud, and
the other of the bright green pervenche, or periwinkle-plant, with its
blue flowers, forming an azure band from one end to the other, I was
struck with the magical illusion which she ever contrived to throw
around herself in the commonest circumstances of life.
As I approached, she addressed me with more cheerfulness than
usual. “Do you know, doctor, that Prince Pückler Muskau is come to
Sayda, and has written me a very agreeable, and what appears to
be a very sincere, letter. Read it, and say what you think of it.”
Translated, it was as follows:
Prince Pückler Muskau to Lady Hester Stanhope.

March 20th, 1838.
My Lady,
As I am aware that you are but little fond of strangers’
visits, from having often found they proceeded from idle
curiosity, and sometimes even from more illiberal motives, I
freely confess, madam, it is not without some degree of
apprehension that, in my turn, I solicit permission to pay my
respects to you. Permit me, nevertheless, to assure you that,
for many years past, I have anticipated in fancy the pleasure
of knowing you, and that it would be a downright act of cruelty
on your part, if now, when the long wished-for moment is at
last arrived, you should refuse me the happiness of paying my
homage to the queen of Palmyra and the niece of the great
Pitt.
Besides, madam, I have the presumption to add that, from
what I have heard of you, there must exist some affinity of
character between us: for, like you, my lady, I look for our
future salvation from the East, where nations still nearer to
God and to nature can alone, some one day, purify the rotten
civilization of decrepit Europe, in which everything is artificial,
and where we are menaced, in a short time, with a new kind
of barbarism—not that with which states begin, but with which
they end. Like you, madam, I believe that astrology is not an
empty science, but a lost one. Like you, madam, I am an
aristocrat by birth and in principle; because I find a marked
aristocracy in nature everywhere. In a word, madam, like you,
I love to sleep by day and be stirring by night. There I stop;
for, in mind, energy of character, and in the mode of life, so
singular and so dignified, which you lead, not every one that
would can resemble Lady Hester Stanhope.
I close this letter, which already must appear too long to
you, in earnestly entreating you not to set down as mere
expressions the dictates of a heart artless and ingenuous,
though old. I am neither a Frenchman nor an Englishman: I
am but an honest and simple German, who perhaps lies open
to the charge of too much enthusiasm, but never to that of
flattery or insincerity.
[Signed] Prince of Puckler Muskau.
PS. Should you consent to my coming, might I presume to
beg of you still farther to allow me to bring Count Tattenbach,
a young man in my employ, who would be so much hurt to
see me set off without him that I am induced to risk the
request! Although severely wounded from a pistol-shot, he
would not remain at Acre, for fear of losing the opportunity of
paying his homage to you: nevertheless, your will, my lady,
and not mine, be done in everything.
When I had finished reading the letter, Lady Hester resumed:
“Now, doctor, you must go and see the prince at Sayda, for I can’t
see him myself. The fatigue is too great for the present; but I will
engage him to return again when I am better. I could wish you to say
many things to him; for I can see that he and I shall do very well
together: besides, I must be very civil to him; for he has got such a
tongue and such a pen! I think I shall invite him to come and see the
garden and the horses; but you must tell him the mare’s back is not
only like a natural saddle, but that there are two back bones for a
spine; that is the most curious part.—But no! if he comes it will fill my
house with people, and I shall be worried to death; it will only make
me ill: so I’ll write to him after dinner.
“What I would wish you to talk to him about is principally the
serpent’s cave. You must tell him that, at ten or twelve hours’
distance from Tarsûs, there is a grotto, where once lived an
enormous serpent with a human head, such as he may have seen in
paintings representing the temptation of Eve. This serpent was
possessed of all the skill in demonology and magic known on earth.
There was an ancient sage who was desirous of acquiring this
serpent’s wisdom, which he knew could be come at by destroying
the serpent: he therefore induced the king of the country in which the
grotto is situate to enter into his views, and, by the king’s orders, the
neighbouring peasantry were assembled for that purpose. The sage,
who had given instructions that, in killing the serpent, they were to
proceed in a particular manner, and that the head was to be
reserved for him, stationed himself not far off: and when the
peasants went as usual to carry his food, intending to seize a proper
moment for effecting the destruction of so formidable a reptile, the
serpent, being gifted with the power of speech, said, ‘I know what
you are come for; you are come to take my life. I am aware that I am
fated to die now, and I shall not oppose it: but, in killing me, beware
how you follow the instructions which the wicked man who sent you
gave—do exactly the reverse.’ The peasants obeyed the serpent;
and, doing precisely the reverse of what the sage had enjoined them
to do, the king too died, and thus met the reward of his treacherous
conduct. Since that time no other serpent has appeared with a
human head, but several are living in the same grotto, and they still
are fed by the neighbouring villages, which send the food at stated
times, and the people have opportunities of seeing them with their
own eyes.
“You must tell the prince that this story is perfectly authentic, and
that, since the time of Sultan Mûrad down to the present day, certain
villages are exempted from taxes in consideration of providing
sustenance for the serpents. As he naturally must wish to inquire into
and see so remarkable a phenomenon, you may tell him that, if he
puts himself into a boat, he can land at Tarsûs or Swadéya, and
thence find his way a few hours’ distance farther, where the grotto
is.”
I hung my head during the whole of this story, reflecting what a
pretty errand I was going upon—to tell with a serious air a story so
devoid of probability, and so likely to strengthen the supposition,
common in England and elsewhere, that Lady Hester was crazy. She
observed my ill-concealed incredulity, and bawled out rather than
said, “Do you understand what I have been telling you? I suppose
you’ll tell me I am mad. Do you believe these things or not? why
don’t you answer?” As I remained mute, she said, “Well, will you
repeat them to the prince as I have related them?” I answered, “Yes,
I would do that.”—“But there,” said she, “go to dinner now, and come
again in the evening: I suppose you are thinking more of your soup
getting cold than of anything else.”
It was now sunset, and I found my family waiting dinner for me:
but that was a very common occurrence, and excited no surprise.
Having dined, I returned to Lady Hester. She was in the drawing-
room, and she immediately renewed the subject of the grotto.
“The king’s name,” said she, “was Tarsenus—he gave the name
to Tarsûs, or took his from it, I don’t know which. You must not forget
to speak to the prince likewise of the dervises’ monastery, called
Sultan Ibrahim, which is near Tripoli. He has only to present himself
there, and use my name; they are all like my brothers; they have
many learned men amongst them: if he wants a letter to them, I’ll
give him one. As for the Ansaréas, the Ishmäelites, the Kelbëas, and
all the sects on the mountains between Tripoli and Latakia, he will
get nothing out of them; so it is of no use his trying. If he returns to
Jerusalem, beg him not to extend his excursions towards the back of
the Dead Sea, or beyond the Jordan; for, as he is known to be a
friend of Mahomet Ali’s, some Arab behind a rock may pick him off,
just out of spite to Ibrahim Pasha.”
Lady Hester went on. “Did you perfectly understand what I said
before dinner about the serpents?” “Not altogether,” I replied.
“Perhaps,” she observed, “you don’t like to go down to the prince?” I
replied, anxious to seize any excuse for getting rid of the serpent
story, “I can’t say I have any particular wish to go.”—“Why,” said
Lady Hester, “you have done nothing but talk about him for these last
five months; what was that for, if you don’t want to see him?”—“I
talked about him,” answered I, “because I thought, from what I had
read of his works, you would be pleased to see him, if he came this
way?”
Lady Hester paused a little while, and then proceeded:—“Well,
doctor, look here—you will talk a great deal about the serpents, and,
when you can see a proper opportunity, and that nobody is likely to
hear you, you will say to the prince in a low voice, ‘Lady Hester
recommends you to make some inquiries about the serpents’ cave[1]
when you are at Beyrout; for near to Tarsûs is Kolôok Bogàz, where
Ibrahim Pasha’s army is encamped: you will probably like to see it,
and this will be a good excuse, as everybody then will fancy you had
no political motive for going there.’”
The mystery was out; for two or three months Lady Hester had
been introducing the story of the human-headed serpent into her
conversations; for two or three months she had known of Prince
Pückler Muskau’s coming; for the same period I had entertained
apprehensions that her reason was impaired: M. Guys had been
primed in the same way, and formed the same conclusions; and all
turned out to be one of those long-laid plots, for which she was so
famous, to save the prince from being considered as a spy in the
dangerous neighbourhood of two hostile armies.
It had happened some years before, when the prince’s letters on
England were first translated, I, being in London, had noticed the
work in a letter to her, and had copied out a few observations on
herself made to the prince by a Hanoverian gentleman.
Subsequently, when with her, I had spoken of the prince’s increasing
reputation as a literary man, and mentioned such particulars of him
as had come to my knowledge. All this, and his alliance with the
family of Prince Hardenberg, with whom Lady Hester had been
acquainted, increased her desire to see him: but how to accomplish
it now was the difficulty. The few hours she spent with M. Guys had
done her a great deal of harm; for, being obliged to exert herself, and
not being able to treat a guest as unceremoniously as she could me,
the exertion proved too much for her strength. “Englishmen,” she
said, “are fond of turning everything into ridicule, and of saying
spiteful things of me; with the French and foreigners in general, it is
not so: and with a man of the world, like the prince, I have nothing to
fear on that score; but then how am I to lodge him and accommodate
his people and his dinners, with a wretched cook and nothing of any

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