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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. Intimate listening can be described as which skill?
(a) Agreeing with what your partner is saying.
(b) Accepting what your partner is explaining.
(c) Understanding what your partner is experiencing.
(d) Hearing what your partner is trying to tell you.

2. Adults who lack self-discipline often did not have which childhood experience?
(a) Freedom to explore new ideas granted.
(b) Consequences for their actions explained.
(c) Love from their parents shown.
(d) Realistic boundaries enforced.

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

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

5. Listening to complaints does not equate to which behavior?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Awareness.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the root cause of the majority of marital dysfunction?

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

4. If a hurt partner remains committed to impossibly high standards, they most likely missed out on which childhood experience?

5. Why are many individuals prevented from forgiving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do men and women typically differ in their abilities to engage in intimate talk and intimate listening?

2. How can trust in a relationship be restored?

3. How can an affair positively affect a marriage?

4. Why do people typically exhibit behaviors in their comfort zone?

5. What experience can influence an individual's ability to engage in intimate talk and intimate listening?

6. Why is intimate talk necessary to learn?

7. What will happen if one partner wants to change the sexual practices in their marriage?

8. In Chapter 6, the author recommends a graph for what reason?

9. How can history repeat itself through children of unfaithful parents growing up to be unfaithful adults?

10. In the process of rebuilding trust, what is a couple most likely to come to a stalemate over?

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