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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The authors convey that the book is written to counteract the trend of individuals being forced out of what kind of sexual and romantic lives?
(a) Degrading lives.
(b) Homosexual lives.
(c) Rewarding lives.
(d) Solitary lives.

2. The authors state that this can cause individuals who are "sluts" to feel "marked" in some public manner:
(a) Their thoughts.
(b) Their behavior.
(c) Their appearance.
(d) Their language.

3. How do the authors recommend people to communicate in 'fair fighting'?
(a) Using "I" messages.
(b) Using "We" messages.
(c) Using "You" messages.
(d) Using "Someone" messages.

4. What is NOT something the book suggests that fantasies enable people to do?
(a) Act out what they most are.
(b) Integrate mature feelings with their inner child.
(c) Act out what they are not.
(d) Act out what they don't like.

5. What do the authors feel a man is often judged by?
(a) The totality of his finances.
(b) The totality of his words.
(c) The totality of his actions.
(d) The totality of his assets.

6. The authors acknowledge that sex is not inherently intended for the following reasons, EXCEPT for which one?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Misuse.
(d) Abuse.

7. How do the authors think Freud might have viewed sexual promiscuity?
(a) As indicative of a problem.
(b) As a legitimate attitude.
(c) As a legitimate state-of-being.
(d) As indicative of atheism.

8. Which of the following statements does NOT describe the background of the authors' sexual identification?
(a) One of them identified as bisexual the whole time.
(b) One of them first identified as heterosexual.
(c) One of them identified as lesbian the whole time.
(d) One of them identified as bisexual for a number of years.

9. Which of the following is NOT what Chapter 8 in "Within Ourselves" discusses regarding reassurance and support?
(a) How to receive it.
(b) How to replace it.
(c) How to give it.
(d) How to ask for it.

10. What is NOT a way the authors feel their sexual behaviors are judged as being?
(a) Constructive.
(b) Indiscriminate.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Wanton.

11. What term or phrase in the book conveys the idea of advocating healthy sexual lives?
(a) Sex positive.
(b) Health positive.
(c) Slut negative.
(d) Slut positive.

12. How do the authors feel about a woman being judged by her activities?
(a) They feel it is laughable.
(b) They feel it is wrong.
(c) They feel it is right.
(d) They feel it is uncommon.

13. If custodial arrangements are not proactively covered legally, according to the book, what happens?
(a) The children will be taken away.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) Pre-existing laws will cover them.
(d) The parents will be imprisoned.

14. The book advocates sexual behavior as an activity that is meant to be what?
(a) Excessive.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Enjoyed.
(d) Feared.

15. The book focuses on a person's transition towards what option?
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Sexual freedom.
(c) Celibacy.
(d) Serial fidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Sigmund Freud?

2. In what section does one of the authors reveal the discovery that "jealousy needn't kill"?

3. According to the book, conflict is part of every relationship that includes what?

4. What do the authors point out that does NOT automatically eliminate jealousy?

5. Which of the following topics is NOT discussed under the heading of "Problems with Boundaries"?

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