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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fundamental difference between the hurt and unfaithful partners' reactions to the affair?
(a) The personal identity of the hurt partner may be unaffected.
(b) The relgious beliefs of the unfaithful partner may be devastated.
(c) The sense of self of the unfaithful partner may have benefited.
(d) The sense of self-respect of the hurt partner may be strengthened.

2. If the disenchantment felt in an aging relationship is mismanaged, it can lead to which result?
(a) Temporary separation.
(b) Bitterness and resentment.
(c) An extramarital affair.
(d) Jealousy and anger.

3. If the expectations of love and marriage are not modified, they can lead to which type of relationship?
(a) Dysfunctional.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Loveless.
(d) Unfaithful.

4. The most fundamental situation faced by the partners in a marriage post-affair is which of the following?
(a) How to regain sexual intimacy.
(b) How to recommit to the marriage.
(c) How to trust again.
(d) How to forgive and forget.

5. An unfaithful partner may experience which emotion after leaving the lover?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Anger.
(d) Despair.

6. Relationships can be repaired if both partners react in which way?
(a) With desire to keep their family together at all costs.
(b) With acknowledgement of the level of damage from the affair.
(c) With willingness to work at the relationship.
(d) With acceptance and forgiveness for the affair.

7. Which term does the book use to describe the partner who is involved in the affair?
(a) Victim.
(b) Lover.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Unfaithful.

8. The introduction addresses which of these questions?
(a) When was the book written?
(b) When was the book written?
(c) Who is the book written for?
(d) How long did it take to write the book?

9. After closer examination, the rationalizations used by the unfaithful partner to justify the affair often can be described in which way?
(a) Valid.
(b) Biased.
(c) Unsustainable.
(d) Illogical.

10. When the relationship with the lover is ended by the unfaithful partner, which emotion typically follows?
(a) Despair.
(b) Grief.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Anxiousness.

11. What is one of the main purposes of the introduction?
(a) To create interest in the text.
(b) To establish themes of the book.
(c) To explain how affairs begin.
(d) To advise the reader in their relationship.

12. The unfaithful partner often wants to reconnect in their marriage in order to stop feeling which emotion?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Guilt.

13. If an affair is not completely understood, the unfaithful partner may react in which way?
(a) They may leave the hurt partner.
(b) They may disengage from the marriage.
(c) They may not abandon their lover.
(d) They may have another affair.

14. Most relationships begin with which emotion?
(a) Romantic love.
(b) Uncontrollable desire.
(c) Deep friendship.
(d) Passionate lust.

15. The stage of disenchantment in a relationship can be described with which term?
(a) Unexpected.
(b) Unhealthy.
(c) Sudden.
(d) Normal.

Short Answer Questions

1. If a partner exhibits signs of change, how could the other partner view this change?

2. The signs of an affair are often treated in which way by the hurt partner?

3. The person involved in the relationship, but who is not one of the married partners, is termed which of the following?

4. How do unfaithful partners typically manage their anxiety?

5. All extramarital affairs are viewed in which way by the text?

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