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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. For communication to occur in the marriage, what must happen with the lover?
(a) The hurt partner must confront the lover.
(b) The unfaithful partner mus understand their attraction to the lover.
(c) The unfaithful partner must end the relationship with the lover.
(d) The hurt partner must accept the lover.

2. Partners may feel that it is unacceptable to take which action?
(a) Ask directly for love.
(b) Demand the lover is banished.
(c) Discuss the affair openly.
(d) Force their partner to change.

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

5. Why do some partners mistakenly believe that verbal abuse must be accepted?
(a) It is justified after the affair.
(b) It is deserved by the unfaithful partner.
(c) It is part of their personality.
(d) It is how their parents treated them.

Short Answer Questions

1. A graph is provided for couples to chart behaviors that can be preformed in which timeframe?

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

3. Behaviors that build trust are divided in the book into two categories based on which factor?

4. An accident or illness are examples of which root cause of an affair?

5. Intimate listening can be described as which skill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the assumptions couples make about orgasms?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is intimate listening necessary to learn?

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

10. If an individual is working to forgive, how can they address the negative behaviors of their partner?

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