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

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

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

4. A partner may refuse to discuss the affair because of which false assumption?
(a) It will bring additional pain into the marriage.
(b) It will cause deeper wounds in the relationship.
(c) It will not be taken seriously by the hurt partner.
(d) It will send the unfaithful partner back to the lover.

5. Destructive behaviors can be forgiven without which of the following?
(a) Acknowledgment.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Recommitment.
(d) Acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forgiveness should not be offered in which way?

2. How is masturbation viewed by the text?

3. What will happen to conflict after forgiveness?

4. The majority of the blame for an affair belongs to whom?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can trust in a relationship be restored?

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

3. How can an affair positively affect a marriage?

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

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

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

7. As discussed in Chapter 9, why are there hazards associated with forgiveness?

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

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

10. What is the 'flip-flop' factor described in Chapter 5?

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