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

2. One partner may assume that the relationship is in which state?

3. What is the main purpose of the book?

4. After the affair is discovered, how does the unfaithful partner typically react to the repeated lying in which they had been engaging?

5. After a decision is made, what must the couple do next to rebuild their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author recommend the couple do after deciding to rebuild their marriage?

2. As discussed in Chapter 4, Is is possible to repair a marriage post-affair?

3. How is romantic love described?

4. What is the fundamental situation of any marriage post-affair which is addressed by Chapter 4?

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

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

7. How does the book address gender-typical reactions in Chapter 2?

8. What is the role of mature love in a relationship?

9. What is the fundamental difference in reactions between the hurt and unfaithful partners to the discovery of an affair?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Consider the low-cost behaviors suggested by the author which can change behavior post-affair.

Compare and contrast the effectiveness of changing these behaviors to the high-cost behaviors suggested.

How could these changes positively affect a relationship after the discovery of an affair?

Essay Topic 3

Even after a couple has recommitted to their marriage, the unfaithful partner could decide to embark on another extramarital affair.

What are three reasons this may occur?

What are three warning signs the could indicate this possibility?

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