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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. How many stages is post-affair healing divided into?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

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

4. Although many hurt partners feel that 'good things happen to good people,' how does the discovery of the affair affect this sentiment?
(a) They become aware their partner is not a good person.
(b) They hold tightly to the idea that good things will come their way.
(c) They believe they did something wrong to bring on the affair.
(d) They must abandon their common, fundamental beliefs.

5. A person contemplating an extramarital affair will most likely view this book in which way?
(a) Insulting and wrong.
(b) Long and not applicable.
(c) Helpful and enlightening.
(d) Judgmental and tedious.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Connecting with friends and family in the wake of an affair is perceived how by the hurt partner?

3. What is the first step in post-affair healing?

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

5. What is the main purpose of the book?

(see the answer key)

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