ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER

According to “Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century,” what is the main question that people face when they encounter unfamiliar people?

• What are the possible benefits of interacting with people who are unknown to us?

• Should we blend our culture with others or remain uniquely what we are?

• How should we react when we meet people who are different from us?

• Do we have any responsibilities toward people we don’t know?

As explained in “Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century,” what do ports, marketplaces, and trade routes represent?

• an awareness of the similarities among diverse people

• proof of the choice to cooperate with other people

• the triumph of hospitality over aggression

• an effort to obtain material superiority

"Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century” makes the claim that humans have had problems learning how to coexist peacefully with those who differ from them. Which of the following quotations best expresses that claim?

• The encounter with the Other, with other people, has always been a universal and fundamental experience for our species.

• That same choice that our ancestors faced thousands of years ago faces us today as well, with undiminished intensity … How should we act toward Others?

• People thus had three choices when they encountered the Other: They could choose war, they could build a wall around themselves, or they could enter into dialogue.

• weakness … appears to a differing degree in all cultures: the fact that cultures have difficulty understanding other cultures.

In “Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century,” what does the author recommend when dealing with the Other in the changing world that lies ahead? Choose two options.

• being cautious in all interactions

• trying to communicate with those who are different from ourselves

• treating those we don’t know with kindness

• ighting courageously in defense of our values

• trading our uniqueness for the benefits of globalization

Read this paragraph from the introductory section of “Encountering the Other: The Challenge for the 21st Century.”

"Should they throw themselves in fury on those other people? Or walk past dismissively and keep going? Or rather try to get to know and understand them?"

Which sentence best explains the effect of composing a paragraph made up entirely of rhetorical questions?

• It emphasizes the unanswerable nature of these issues.

• It gets the reader thinking about the central idea of the article.

• It interests the reader by bringing up the topic of social interaction.

• It leaves the reader with a lasting and very important thought.