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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. If a childhood experience is missing from a person's life, the person will compensate with patterned, negative behavior referred to with which term?

2. According to scientific studies and contrary to conventional beliefs, how is forgiveness viewed for the individual?

3. When trust has been destroyed, which emotion is logically prevalent?

4. Some people refuse to acknowledge which action by their partner?

5. If sex with the lover was good, the unfaithful partner will assume any problems during sex with the hurt partner is the fault of whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is intimate listening necessary to learn?

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

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

5. Why is intimate talk necessary to learn?

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

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

8. How can an affair positively affect a marriage?

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

10. What should happen with behaviors that violate trust in a relationship?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a case study from the book in which the affair has been willingly disclosed by the unfaithful partner. Based on the discussions in the book, what would you expect would be the next steps the couple would take to rebuild their relationship? Explain three next steps the couple should take.

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