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PUBLIC SPEAKING 10 CHAPTER REVIEW

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   , as its name implies, is a way of making your ideas public-of sharing them with other people and of influencing them.

2.

During modern times, many women and men around the globe have spread their (a)   and influence through public speaking.

3.

In highly specialized fields such as civil and mechanical engineering, employers consistently rank the ability to (a)   above technical knowledge when deciding whom to hire and whom to promote.

4.

The ability to speak (a)   is so prized that college graduates are increasingly being asked to give a presentation as part of their job interview.

5.

The growth of the (a)   and other new technologies reduced the need for public speaking.

6.

In this age of Tiktok and Twitter, businesses are concerned that college graduates are losing the ability ___________________.

a)

to play in a professional way

b)

to greet in a professional way

c)

to talk in a professional way

d)

to sing in a professional way

7.

Who said this famous line in public speaking, "One who forms a judgment on any point but cannot explain" it clearly"might as well never have thought at all on the subject."

a)

Lindsey Pollak

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Greek leader Pericles

8.

The key phrase in public speaking is " ________________________________"

a)

make your ideas heard

b)

make others life easier

c)

make your voice known

d)

make a difference

9.

The oldest known handbook on effective speech was written on ____________ in Egypt some 4,500 years ago.

a)

manuscript

b)

Arabic

c)

papyrus

d)

English

10.

It was highly prized in ancient India, Africa, and China as well as among the Aztecs and other pre-European cultures of North and South America.

a)

Eloquence

b)

Aristotle's Rhetoric

c)

oldest known handbook in Egypt

d)

None of the above

11.

In classical Greece and Rome, public speaking played a central role in ________ and ____________.

a)

political/private sector

b)

congress/assembly

c)

education/civic life

d)

audience/engagement purposes

12.

It is composed during the third century B.C., is still considered the most important work on its subject, and many of its principles are followed by speakers (and writers) today.

a)

oldest known handbook in Egpyt

b)

Aristotle's Rhetoric

c)

Eloquence

d)

None of the above

13.

He used his speeches to defend liberty and wrote several works about oratory in general.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Quintilian

c)

Malala Yousafzai

d)

Cicero

14.

___________ is the well-known power of positive thinking in public speaking.

a)

Stage fright

b)

Nervousness

c)

Adrenaline

d)

Confidence

15.

She is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize.

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

Malala Yousafzai

d)

Lindsey Pollak

16.

Many skills used in conversation also apply to public speaking.

a)

AGREE

b)

DISAGREE

17.

As you learn to speak more effectively, you won't learn to communicate more effectively in other situations.

a)

AGREE

b)

DISAGREE

18.

To be nervous at the start of a speech is normal.

a)

AGREE

b)

DISAGREE

19.

Don't think of yourself as having stage fright. Instead, think of it as "stage excitement" or "stage enthusiasm."

a)

AGREE

b)

DISAGREE

20.

The more you learn about public speaking and the more speeches you give, the less threatening speechmaking will become.

a)

AGREE

b)

DISAGREE