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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When friends and family withdraw from the unfaithful partner, who can provide a temporary substitute?
(a) Religous leaders.
(b) Professional therapists.
(c) The lover.
(d) Work colleagues.

2. One partner may assume that the relationship is in which state?
(a) Stale and unable to move forward.
(b) Unrecognizable from its origins.
(c) Deeply flawed and dysfunctional.
(d) Damaged beyond repair.

3. The feeling of romantic love can lead the unfaithful partner to take which action?
(a) Begin a new affair with another lover.
(b) Decide not to disclose the affair.
(c) Choose the lover over the hurt partner.
(d) Continue the affair after recommiting to the partner.

4. How many psychological effects on the hurt partner, which occur after the discovery of an affair, does the book address?
(a) Five.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seven.
(d) Nine.

5. When working through an affair, the majority of the typical concerns are experienced by whom?
(a) The hurt partner.
(b) Both partners.
(c) The unfaithful partner.
(d) The lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unfaithful partner often wants to reconnect in their marriage in order to stop feeling which emotion?

2. What must occur with the deeper issues felt by the unfaithful partner?

3. As relationships grow, they move into a stage of which type of love?

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

5. Men distract themselves with external events when dealing with an unfaithful partner while women react in which way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author recommend using a mental time projection to envision where the relationship will be?

2. What is the fundamental difference in reactions between the hurt and unfaithful partners to the discovery of an affair?

3. As discussed in Chapter 4, Is is possible to repair a marriage post-affair?

4. For whom is the book primarily written?

5. Why do couples often feel they are incompatible?

6. What is the role of mature love in a relationship?

7. What steps does the author take to minimize emotionally-charged labels associated with the affair?

8. How does the book address gender-typical reactions in Chapter 2?

9. How must the affair be analyzed in order to move forward in building trust in the relationship?

10. What is the fundamental situation of any marriage post-affair which is addressed by Chapter 4?

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