2. You are ready to marry when all of the following are true EXCEPT
a. You are praying for a person with the character qualities of holiness, honesty, morality, temperance and commitment to the Lord.
b. You believe you can greatly improve the character flaws of the person you are dating.
c. You are willing to remain single rather than make a bad choice for a marriage partner.
d. You are growing in the same qualities you are praying for in “a.”

Chapter Two -- The Person You Choose to Date (Song of Solomon 1:9-2:7) (p. 19-47)
3. Which is NOT good dating advice?
a. When you begin dating, spend as much time together as possible.
b. Maintain a “no strings attached” policy by going on group dates and staying in public places.
c. Show respect for your date and concentrate on what you like about him or her long before you declare your love.
d. If you don’t experience a growing depth of communication, you should probably exclude this person as a potential marriage partner.

4. Which of these conclusions is NOT made by the author in this chapter?
a. Most men feign listening ability during dating. Most women tend to be excellent communicators. A man can develop good communication skills by asking probing questions of his date such as “What do you think about that?” and by being slow to anger and slow to argue.
b. A person who tends to be critical and demeaning will probably change for the better after marriage.
c. A good date will not pressure you to have sex before marriage.
d. People should not date secretively.

5. Which does NOT reflect God’s view of sex?
a. Sexual passion is a gift from God to be fully enjoyed by a husband and wife, as reflected in Song 2:5,6 “Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am lovesick. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me,” and Proverbs 5:19 “As a loving deer and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times.”
b. Sex outside of marriage is not approved by God. It is labeled as either fornication (sex between unmarried participants) or as adultery (one or both participants are married).
c. God expects us to use sexual restraint before marriage, as reflected in Song 2:7 “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.”
d. It is permissible for two people who love each other to tough one another sexually as long as they don’t have sexual intercourse.

Chapter Three -- The Wonderful World of Courtship (Song of Solomon 2:8-3:5) (p. 48-70)
6. In which situation does the author recommend that a couple end their courtship and go their separate ways?
a. When they have too many highs and lows, with very little easiness of compatibility.
b. When either of them is resentful or jealous of the other’s talents or uncomfortable with the other’s weaknesses.
c. When either of them realizes that he or she is not going to marry the other.
d. All of the above.

7. In advising how to end a dating relationship, the author says to men: "If you discover after ___ that a young woman is not the type of person you want to spend the rest of your life with, tell her as gently as possible that you don’t anticipate that your relationship is going to be a permanent one, and therefore, you think it’s probably better that you part ways now rather than later.”
a. a few dates
b. several months
c. 6 months
d. one year

Chapter Four -- The Wedding God Desires for You to Have (Song of Solomon 3:6-11) (p. 71-84)
8. Which is NOT true?
a. If you’re not sure you can be faithful to another person for all of his or her life, then you are not ready to marry.
b. A wedding is a divine appointment.
c. The primary responsibility for earning the money required by a family no longer lies with the husband. Most women today od not resent supporting their husbands.
d. Women are drawn to strong men.

Chapter Five -- The Hooneymoon … at Last (Song of Solomon 4:1-5:1) (p. 85-104)
9. Which is NOT true regarding sex in marriage?
a. Nothing calms a wife‘s fears and excites her passions as much as having her husband tell her how wonderful she is.
b. A husband should learn what pleases his wife sexually and then do these same things each time they make love.
c. If a wife is uncomfortable with a specific sexual act or position, then the husband needs to stop immediately.
d. Women do not have the same physical need for sex that men have. There are going to be times in a marriage when a wife must honor her husband by having sex with him in order to satisfy a sexual need in his body. There will be times when a husband knows that his wife is only having sex with him because she believes it is the loving and right thing to do; her heart and emotions really are not fully desirous of sex in the way he is.

Chapter Six -- Conflicts (Song of Solomon 5:2-6:3) (p. 105-131)
10. What actually causes strife and conflict in a marriage?
a. When one spouse walks away from an argument.
b. When both the husband and the wife feel wronged, hurt, misunderstood or disrespected.
c. When the husband and the wife don’t agree on how to solve a problem.
d. When either the husband of the wife raise his or her voice.

11. The author says he has learned how to read the signals his wife sends out when she has been hurt by him. What does Tommy say his first responsibility is when he knows he has hurt Teresa?
a. To give her some time to herself.
b. To ask her forgiveness for hurting her.
c. To tell her he didn’t mean to hurt her.
d. To explain why he said what he said.

Chapter Seven -- The Resolution of Conflict (Song of Solomon 6:4-13) (p. 132-151)
12. Which advice on marital communication is NOT given?
a. Don’t confront your spouse in front of your children.
b. Don’t call your spouse names.
c. When angry, you may raise your voice, but don’t yell or scream.
d. Don’t bring up your spouse’s past mistakes.

13. What does it mean when a couple keeps arguing over a situation that happened in the past?
a. It means that they haven’t said everything that needs to be said about that situation.
b. It means that they don’t have enough productive activities to keep them occupied.
c. It means that one spouse is still waiting for an apology from the other.
d. It means they have truly not forgiven one another.

Chapter Eight -- Moving to Deeper Levels (Song of Solomon 7:1-8:4) (p. 152-182)
14. The way a woman spells love over time is ___; the way a man spells love over time is ___.
a. tenderness; respect.
b. acts of service; agreement and cooperation.
c. quality time; physical affection.
d. being listened to; having regular sex.

Chapter Nine -- Faithful Commitment (Song of Solomon 8:5-14) (p. 183-200)
15. Which of these conclusions is made in this chapter?
a. The Bible says that God hates divorce, in Malachi Chapter 2, and He wants married couples to stay married.
b. It is God who brings a man and woman together. He engineers all the circumstances that causes them to meet, fall in love, and grow in love.
c. Once you are married, your flirting days are over, except for flirting with your spouse. Husbands should not be looking at other women, including pornography.
d. All of the above.