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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Exploring Your Ideas About Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author deliberately chose particular words and phrases to use in the book?
(a) To avoid emotionally charged labels.
(b) To eliminate stereotypes about infidelity.
(c) To help the couple speak openly about their problems.
(d) To create a new language for the partners.

2. 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.

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

4. How does chapter number 1 conclude?
(a) Discussion of gender-typical reactions of hurt partners.
(b) Listing of behaviors to expect from hurt partners in the future.
(c) Comparison of hurt and unfaithful partner rationalizations.
(d) Explanation of psychological impacts on the hurt partner.

5. Who is the book's secondary audience?
(a) A pastor counseling a couple prior to their wedding.
(b) A child wanting to understand their parent's affair.
(c) A therapist advising a patient on sexual expectations in a marriage.
(d) A lover wanting to push their partner towards a marriage proposal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When friends and family withdraw from the unfaithful partner, who can provide a temporary substitute?

2. Most relationships begin with which emotion?

3. When hurt partners engage in obsession behaviors, how is this related to the discovery of the affair?

4. When some hurt partners discover the affair, they feel an emotional toll equal or greater to which event?

5. After the affair is discovered, how does the unfaithful partner typically react to the repeated lying in which they had been engaging?

(see the answer key)

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