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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of the book can be described in which way?

2. How do children typically respond to the unfaithful partner?

3. After considering the economic impacts of divorce, a couple may come to understand which reality about their relationship?

4. Unrealistic expectations are often the result of which experiences?

5. After closer examination, the rationalizations used by the unfaithful partner to justify the affair often can be described in which way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could an unfaithful partner feel a lack of guilt about the affair?

2. How is romantic love described?

3. Why is it necessary for an affair to be understood?

4. When an affair is discovered, what is the effect on the hurt partner?

5. How is unrequited love described?

6. How does the presence of children in a marriage affect the unfaithful partner in regards to the affair?

7. Where do unrealistic expectations of love and marriage come from?

8. How is an affair characterized by the author in Chapter 3?

9. For whom is the book primarily written?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain a typical reaction as a hurt partner, an unfaithful partner, and in response to the requirement of intimate talking and listening to rebuild the relationship from the stereotypical point of view of the male gender.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a case study from the book involving a couple post-affair and a religious leader. Analyze this case study from the point of view of the religious leader.

Explain how the religious leader would advise the couple to work towards rebuilding their relationship based on the advice from the book. Make sure to include three steps the religious leader should advise the couple to take.

Essay Topic 3

The lover in an extramarital affair can have a deep effect on the sexual intimacy issues experienced by the couple.

Analyze three ways in which the lover can directly or indirectly affect a couple's sexual intimacy.

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