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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. The basic premise of the book assumes the readers have made which decision about their relationship?
(a) To make a public relationship with the lover.
(b) To avoid affairs in the future.
(c) To remain committed to the marriage.
(d) To analyze the benefits of staying in the relationship.

2. When the affair is discovered, what is the typical reaction of the unfaithful partner?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Anger and jealousy.
(c) Fear and loathing.
(d) Emotional relief.

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

4. How should partners treat their unrealistic expectations of love and marriage?
(a) Critique each others' beliefs.
(b) Examine their origins.
(c) Undergo couples counseling.
(d) Decide mutually to forget them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the book's primary audience?

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

3. The unfaithful partner may experience physical changes from romantic love that can be expected to last how long?

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

5. Although many hurt partners feel that 'good things happen to good people,' how does the discovery of the affair affect this sentiment?

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