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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Developing realistic expectations of sex involves examining assumptions regarding which emotion?
(a) Desire.
(b) Love.
(c) Passion.
(d) Lust.

2. For communication to occur in the marriage, what must happen with the lover?
(a) The hurt partner must accept the lover.
(b) The hurt partner must confront the lover.
(c) The unfaithful partner must end the relationship with the lover.
(d) The unfaithful partner mus understand their attraction to the lover.

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

4. An accident or illness are examples of which root cause of an affair?
(a) Fear of losing a partner.
(b) Unfair circumstances.
(c) Childhood experiences.
(d) Critical life events.

5. For whom must forgiveness occur?
(a) For their parents and their partner.
(b) For the lover and their partner.
(c) For their partner and themselves.
(d) For themselves and the lover.

6. What is the root cause of the majority of marital dysfunction?
(a) Failure to communicate.
(b) Incompatable personalities.
(c) Financial disagreements.
(d) Extramarital affairs.

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

8. Why do some individuals refuse to change?
(a) They are sad.
(b) They are lonely.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are depressed.

9. Exploring and learning about the affair is achieved through which process?
(a) Accepting the affair.
(b) Open communication.
(c) Forgiving the unfaithful partner.
(d) Intimate talk.

10. Forgiveness involves mental development and occurs in which timeframe?
(a) Quickly.
(b) When the affair ends.
(c) Immediately.
(d) As time goes on.

11. The majority of the blame for an affair belongs to whom?
(a) The hurt partner.
(b) The unfaithful partner.
(c) The lover.
(d) Both partners.

12. If the unfaithful partner is not interested in sex, the hurt partner may assume which possibility?
(a) Their marriage is over.
(b) A lack of sexual ability.
(c) A change in sexual desires.
(d) The affair is continuing.

13. Who do children need to value in their lives?
(a) Their friends.
(b) Their siblings.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Themselves.

14. A listener should not engage in which action?
(a) Remaining silent.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Ignoring.
(d) Asking for clarification.

15. When does the hurt partner mistakenly believe that the unfaithful partner must accomplish their personal change?
(a) After the affair ends.
(b) After the children know.
(c) Before the hurt partner changes.
(d) Before the marriage is reconciled.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should behaviors that detract from trust be addressed?

2. According to Chapter 6, how can trust be restored in a person?

3. How does the book describe the process of changing behavior?

4. Adults who lack self-discipline often did not have which childhood experience?

5. If the listener repeats the ideas back to the speaker, they are using which technique?

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