Test Bank For A Speaker's Guidebook Text and Reference Eighth Edition Dan O'Hair; Rob Stewart; Hannah Rubenstein Chapters 1-31 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter Chapter 1 Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Cultural intelligence involves becoming more sympathetic to another culture. a. True b. False 2. Public speaking is similar in many ways to engaging in an important conversation. a. True b. False 3. Oral communication skills are ranked as the number one job skill employers seek MOST in college graduates. a. True b. False 4. The Internet is today's global public forum or agora. a. True b. False 5. Which type of communication is the MOST formal? a. small group b. dyadic c. public d. conversation 6. The Athenians demonstrated their oratorical talent in a public space called a(n): a. public forum. b. deliberative forum. c. city-state. d. agora. 7. The audience's response to a message is called feedback. a. True b. False 8. Shared meaning is the mutual understanding of a message between speaker and audience. a. True b. False 9. Delivery refers to adapting speech information to the audience in order to make a case.