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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some partners mistakenly believe that verbal abuse must be accepted?
(a) It is deserved by the unfaithful partner.
(b) It is part of their personality.
(c) It is how their parents treated them.
(d) It is justified after the affair.

2. How does the book describe the process of changing behavior?
(a) Integral.
(b) Unavoidable.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Uncomfortable.

3. According to scientific studies and contrary to conventional beliefs, how is forgiveness viewed for the individual?
(a) Not always good for them.
(b) Necessary for emotional healing.
(c) Difficult to achieve.
(d) Important for mental stability.

4. Many people erroneously feel that their partners should be able to sense which of the following?
(a) Their hurt.
(b) Their demands.
(c) Their frustration.
(d) Their needs.

5. If a hurt partner remains committed to impossibly high standards, they most likely missed out on which childhood experience?
(a) Exploring new relationships.
(b) Bonding with their friends.
(c) Letting go and having fun.
(d) Spending time with their parents.

6. How should behaviors that detract from trust be addressed?
(a) They should be ignored.
(b) They should be analyzed.
(c) They should be eliminated.
(d) They should be embraced.

7. What is the process of assaulting a partner with verbal abuse?
(a) Storm.
(b) Fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Rage.

8. A graph is provided for couples to chart behaviors that can be preformed in which timeframe?
(a) Eventually.
(b) Exponentially.
(c) Immediately.
(d) Step-by-step.

9. While attempting to empathize with their female partners, men often feel which emotion?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Needed.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Strong.

10. The responsibility for the shortcomings in a marriage belongs to whom?
(a) The hurt partner.
(b) The lover.
(c) The unfaithful partner.
(d) Both partners.

11. How many blocks to change does the text address in chapter six?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eleven.

12. The process of talking could be different for each partner based on which reality?
(a) Gender.
(b) Age.
(c) Career.
(d) Religion.

13. Which term is used to describe the refusal of one partner to discuss the affair?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Silence.

14. If sex with the lover was good, the unfaithful partner will assume any problems during sex with the hurt partner is the fault of whom?
(a) The lover.
(b) The hurt partner.
(c) The unfaithful partner.
(d) Both partners.

15. A hurt partner may avoid demanding change if they feel it will lead to which situation?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Rationalization.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many essential childhood experiences are identified by the text?

2. An individual could mistakenly assume that listening gives their partner freedom to act with which emotion?

3. Forgiveness should not be offered in which way?

4. Children need to function in which way?

5. Forgiveness involves mental development and occurs in which timeframe?

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