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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - The Hurt Partner's Response: Buried in an Avalanche of Losses.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When hurt partners engage in obsession behaviors, how is this related to the discovery of the affair?
(a) The behaviors are attempts to dull pain and reduce anxiety.
(b) The behaviors are attempts to remember life before the relationship.
(c) The behaviors are attempts to get even with the lover.
(d) The behaviors are attempts to get the attention of the unfaithful partner.

3. When some hurt partners discover the affair, they feel an emotional toll equal or greater to which event?
(a) Getting into a car accident.
(b) Being fired from a job.
(c) Being raped.
(d) Losing a child.

4. The overall length of the introduction can be described with which term?
(a) Non-existent.
(b) Lengthy.
(c) Brief.
(d) Varies by edition.

5. Inadequacy in the relationship is felt by whom?
(a) Female hurt partners.
(b) Neither of the hurt partners.
(c) Both male and female hurt partners.
(d) Male hurt partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many psychological effects on the hurt partner, which occur after the discovery of an affair, does the book address?

2. Why does the author deliberately chose particular words and phrases to use in the book?

3. Who is the book's secondary audience?

4. Why does an affair need to be understood?

5. How do women usually react to the discovery of an affair?

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