Chapter One Quiz: Speaking in Public
Name _____________________________ Section _________________
Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false by circling the appropriate letter.
1. T F Public speaking is more highly structured than conversation.
2. T F Using the power of ...
Name _____________________________ Section _________________
Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false by circling the appropri-
ate letter.
1. T F Public speaking is more highly structured than conversation.
2. T F 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.
3. T F Critical thinking is a way of thinking negatively about everything you hear in a
speech.
4. T F A speaker’s frame of reference and a listener’s frame of reference will never be
exactly the same.
5. T F As your textbook explains, the speaker’s message consists only of what the
speaker says with language.
6. T F When you adjust to the situation of a public speech, you are doing on a larger
scale what you do every day in conversation.
7. T F The nonverbal messages that listeners send back to speakers are called feed-
back.
8. T F Speechmaking becomes more complex as cultural diversity increases.
9. T F Some nervousness before you speak is usually beneficial.
10. T F Ethnocentrism is unique to western cultures such as those in the United States
and Europe.
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