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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If sexual desires change, couples may assume this will lead to which outcome?
(a) Unrealistic expectations.
(b) Avoiding sex.
(c) Decrease in sexual intimacy.
(d) Hurt feelings.

2. In addition to feeling safe, children also need to feel which emotion?
(a) Loved.
(b) Secure.
(c) Wanted.
(d) Cherished.

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

4. Which is an example of a behavior that may take a considerable toll on a partner?
(a) Making daily telephone calls.
(b) Writing down detailed travel itineraries.
(c) Allowing an inspection of credit card statements.
(d) Returning from work in a timely manner.

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

6. What could define the way a person listens?
(a) Role in the affair.
(b) Prior assumptions.
(c) Childhood experiences.
(d) Emotional state.

7. Chapter seven is divided into sections based on which two skills?
(a) Forgiving and forgetting.
(b) Talking and listening.
(c) Communicating and understanding.
(d) Acknowledging and accepting.

8. Couples often assume that sexual desire should be experienced in which way by each partner?
(a) With the same intensity.
(b) With the same fantasies.
(c) With the same duration.
(d) With the same frequency.

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

10. Why are many individuals prevented from forgiving?
(a) They feel they do not deserve forgiveness.
(b) They have wrong ideas about forgiveness.
(c) They have unrealistic expectations about forgiveness.
(d) They do not believe in forgiveness.

11. 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.

12. If a childhood experience is missing from a person's life, the person will compensate with patterned, negative behavior referred to with which term?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Void.
(c) Schema.
(d) Deficiency.

13. When trust has been destroyed, which emotion is logically prevalent?
(a) Anger.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Fear.
(d) Doubt.

14. A list is provided in Chapter 8 to help people understand the common areas of shame associated with which of the following?
(a) Their expectations.
(b) Their bodies.
(c) Their fantasies.
(d) Their desires.

15. Analyzing childhood experiences can lead to which result in a marriage?
(a) A partner having an affair.
(b) A better understanding of relationship problems.
(c) A deep-rooted fear of losing a child.
(d) A comparison to the happiness of their parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to scientific studies and contrary to conventional beliefs, how is forgiveness viewed for the individual?

3. Intimate listening can be described as which skill?

4. How do most unfaithful partners describe sex with their lover?

5. What does the first part of chapter six focus on?

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