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

2. Children who did not express themselves growing up were often treated in which way by their parents?
(a) Told to sit down.
(b) Told to go to their room.
(c) Told to be quiet.
(d) Told to behave.

3. Behaviors that build trust are divided in the book into two categories based on which factor?
(a) Ease.
(b) Effectiveness.
(c) Productivity.
(d) Cost.

4. Avoiding change results from which type of block experienced by the person?
(a) Physical.
(b) Relational.
(c) Cognitive.
(d) Emotional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is an assumption about sexual intimacy by many couples?

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

3. What could define the way a person listens?

4. Post-affair testing for AIDS is described in which way?

5. While attempting to empathize with their female partners, men often feel which emotion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What action must the unfaithful partner take for intimate talk to be successful?

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

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

5. How does the author describe forgiveness in Chapter 9?

6. Why does the author recommend a 'covenant of promises' at the end of Chapter 9?

7. What are some assumptions an unfaithful partner could make about sexual intimacy?

8. If children do not value themselves, what could happen during their marriage as adults?

9. What crucial skill is addressed in detail in Chapter 7?

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

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