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Quiz 1 with Solution for Women of Color in U.S. |, Study notes of International Women's Voices

Tidewater Community CollegeInternational Women's Voices

sf Material Type: Notes; Class: Women of Color in U.S.; Subject: Women's Studies; University: Tidewater Community College; Term: Forever 1989;

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Chapter 1 Quiz
Student: _
BeckettScherberger__________________________________________________
1. The teaching and study of public speaking began more than 4,000 years ago.
True False
2. Public speaking requires the same method of delivery as ordinary conversation.
True False
3. As your textbook states, public speaking is a form of empowerment because it gives
speakers the ability to manipulate people.
True False
4. Public speaking usually requires more formal language than everyday conversation.
True False
5. Public speaking is more highly structured than everyday conversation.
True False
6. When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale
what you do everyday in conversation.
True False
7. As a speaker, you can usually assume that an audience will be interested in what you
have to say.
True False
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Chapter 1 Quiz

_Student: _ BeckettScherberger___________________________________________________

  1. The teaching and study of public speaking began more than 4,000 years ago. True False
  2. Public speaking requires the same method of delivery as ordinary conversation. True False
  3. As your textbook states, public speaking is a form of empowerment because it gives speakers the ability to manipulate people. True False
  4. Public speaking usually requires more formal language than everyday conversation. True False
  5. Public speaking is more highly structured than everyday conversation. True False
  6. When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger scale what you do everyday in conversation. True False
  7. As a speaker, you can usually assume that an audience will be interested in what you have to say. True False
  1. Communication skills, including public speaking, are often ranked first among the qualities employers seek in college graduates. True False
  2. Fortunately, stage fright only affects inexperienced speakers. True False
  3. Thinking positively about your ability to give a speech is one way to control your anxiety about speaking. True False
  4. It has been estimated that being fully prepared for a speech can reduce stage fright by up to 75 percent. True False
  5. Research has shown that for most speakers anxiety decreases significantly after the first 30 to 60 seconds of a speech. True False
  6. Using the power of visualization to control stage fright means that you should approach your speech as a performance in which the audience is looking for perfection. True False
  7. Most successful speakers are nervous before taking the floor. True False
  8. Listeners usually realize how tense a speaker is. True False
  1. Organizing ideas for presentation in a speech is an important aspect of critical thinking. True False
  2. Critical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a speech. True False
  3. When your textbook describes public speaking as a form of empowerment, it means that public speaking is A. a way to manipulate people. B. a way to make a difference in something we care about. C. a way to make everyone see things through our frame of reference. D. a way to demonstrate how clever we are. E. a way to support ethnocentrism.
  4. To say that public speaking is a way to make a difference about something we care about is to recognize that public speaking is A. a form of empowerment. B. a skill similar to conversation. C. an art more than a science. D. all of these choices. E. a skill similar to conversation and an art more than a science.
  5. As your textbook explains, many of the skills used in public speaking are the same as those used in everyday conversation. These skills include A. telling a story for maximum impact. B. tailoring your message to your audience. C. organizing your thoughts logically. D. all of these choices. E. telling a story for maximum impact and organizing your thoughts logically.
  1. How much time does the average adult spend in conversation? A. about 50 percent of waking hours B. about 10 percent of waking hours C. about 20 percent of waking hours D. about 30 percent of waking hours E. about 40 percent of waking hours
  2. Many of the skills used in public speaking are the same as those used in everyday conversation. These skills include A. organizing your thoughts logically. B. tailoring your message to your audience. C. adapting to listener feedback. D. all of these choices. E. tailoring your message to your audience and adapting to listener feedback.
  3. When you experience stage fright, your body is producing extra _______________, a hormone that is released into the bloodstream in response to physical or mental stress. A. adrenaline B. serotonin C. potassium D. glauconite E. cortisone
  4. According to your textbook, rather than trying to eliminate every trace of stage fright, you should aim at transforming it into A. general anxiety. B. visualized adrenaline. C. professional stage fright. D. positive nervousness. E. confident apprehension.
  1. Research has shown that the anxiety level of most speakers drops off significantly A. before they rise to speak. B. as soon as they begin to speak. C. when they are 30 to 60 seconds into the speech. D. after they reach the middle of the speech. E. none of these choices.
  2. One way to build confidence as a speaker is to create a vivid mental blueprint in which you see yourself succeeding in your speech. According to your textbook, this process is called A. representation. B. imagistic practice. C. anticipatory rehearsal. D. foreshadowing. E. visualization.
  3. Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches? A. Visualize the worst things that could happen. B. Turn negative thoughts into positive thoughts. C. Avoid making direct eye contact with the audience. D. Stay up late the night before to finish preparing. E. Generate extra adrenaline as you speak.
  4. Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way of dealing with nervousness in your speeches? A. Remember that your nervousness is not usually visible to your audience. B. Concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves. C. As you rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech. D. all of these choices. E. Concentrate on communicating with the audience rather than on your nerves and as you rehearse, visualize yourself giving a successful speech.
  1. Which of the following does your textbook recommend as a way to deal with nervousness in your speeches? A. Tell your audience how nervous you are. B. Avoid making eye contact with the audience. C. Focus on achieving perfection in your speech. D. Visualize yourself giving a successful speech. E. Memorize your conclusion word for word.
  2. According to your textbook, when you employ the power of visualization as a method of controlling stage fright, you should A. decrease the time necessary for preparing your speech. B. keep your mental pictures from becoming too vivid. C. focus on the positive aspects of your speech. D. all of these choices. E. decrease the time necessary for preparing your speech and keep your mental pictures from becoming too vivid.
  3. Dealing with such matters as the logical relationships among ideas, the soundness of evidence, and the differences between fact and opinion are all part of what your textbook calls A. deduction. B. critical thinking. C. rational communication. D. oral deliberation. E. induction.
  4. As you listen to a speech about campus crime, you relate the speaker's ideas to your own knowledge, goals, and experience. According to your textbook, you are filtering the speech through your own A. psychological screen. B. cognitive field. C. frame of reference. D. social perspective. E. personal vision.
  1. As you present your speech, you notice that many of your listeners have interested looks on their faces and are nodding their heads in agreement with your ideas. According to your textbook, these reactions by your listeners are called A. interference. B. cognitive cues. C. feedback. D. audience cues. E. indicators.
  2. According to your textbook, a listener anxious about an upcoming exam, worried about a recent argument with a friend, or distracted by cold air in the classroom would be experiencing A. interference. B. situational cues. C. communication apprehension. D. psychological dissonance. E. feedback.
  3. Concern by a listener about an upcoming job interview, the lack of air conditioning, or a toothache are all examples of _________ in the speech communication process. A. feedback B. avoidance C. blockage D. interference E. divergence
  4. Recognizing that the audience for his graduation speech would be packed into a non- air-conditioned gymnasium during the hottest week of the year, Kane decided to keep his speech at the low end of his 10-to-15-minute time limit. In making this decision, Kane was adapting to which element of the speech communication process? A. location B. feedback C. message D. channel E. situation
  1. A ringing cell phone or an audience member browsing the Web on her laptop during a speech are examples of which element in the speech communication process? A. channel B. message C. feedback D. interference E. confusion
  2. Whatever a speaker communicates to someone else is termed the A. channel. B. code. C. feedback. D. message. E. source.
  3. What, according to your textbook, is the term for anything that impedes the communication of a message? A. divergence B. blockage C. intrusion D. avoidance E. interference
  4. Someone coughing in the audience or walking in late during a presentation are examples of what element in the speech communication process? A. channel B. message C. feedback D. interference E. disturbance