1. What are the three main barriers to intercultural communication?
A. High anxiety, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
B. Ethnocentrism, assuming similarity instead of difference and cultural
relativism.
C. High anxiety, assuming difference instead of similarity and ethnocentrism.
D. Assuming difference instead of similarity, high anxiety and stereotyping.
2. Jaap is in Italy to discuss business with Angelo. Angelo suggests they meet at
5pm to talk about work and play tennis. Jaap arrives at the tennis court at 5pm.
Angelo arrives at 5:15 with a friend. When his telephone rings he asks his friend
to play tennis with Jaap. After the game, Angelo tells his friend and Jaap that he
has plans for dinner with some friends, he invites them both to join him saying,
"The more the merrier." Jaap gets very frustrated because he already has plans
with his friend Tony, and he has not even had a chance to discuss business with
Angelo.
What is the situation here?
A. Angelo is not a very good businessman.
B. Angelo is from a polychronic culture and Jaap is from a monochronic
culture.
C. Jaap is from a polychronic culture and Angelo is from a monochronic
culture.
D. Tony is from a polychronic culture.
3. Taking the above situation and circumstances into account, what would be the
most appropriate reaction for Jaap to have?
A. Go home. It is impossible to do business with Italians anyway.
B. Cancel his dinner plans with his friend Tony and accept the new dinner
invitation.
C. Tell Angelo that he already has plans and will meet him at the office
tomorrow.
D. Accept the invitation and ask Angelo if he would mind if his friend Tony
came along.
4. ____ cultures stress assertiveness, competition, and material success.
A. Masculine
B. American
C. Individualist
D. Feminine
5.
I. Students from high uncertainty avoidance cultures expect their
teachers to be experts who know all the answers.
II. Students from low uncertainty avoidance cultures accept teachers
who admit to not knowing all the answers.
A. High anxiety, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
B. Ethnocentrism, assuming similarity instead of difference and cultural
relativism.
C. High anxiety, assuming difference instead of similarity and ethnocentrism.
D. Assuming difference instead of similarity, high anxiety and stereotyping.
2. Jaap is in Italy to discuss business with Angelo. Angelo suggests they meet at
5pm to talk about work and play tennis. Jaap arrives at the tennis court at 5pm.
Angelo arrives at 5:15 with a friend. When his telephone rings he asks his friend
to play tennis with Jaap. After the game, Angelo tells his friend and Jaap that he
has plans for dinner with some friends, he invites them both to join him saying,
"The more the merrier." Jaap gets very frustrated because he already has plans
with his friend Tony, and he has not even had a chance to discuss business with
Angelo.
What is the situation here?
A. Angelo is not a very good businessman.
B. Angelo is from a polychronic culture and Jaap is from a monochronic
culture.
C. Jaap is from a polychronic culture and Angelo is from a monochronic
culture.
D. Tony is from a polychronic culture.
3. Taking the above situation and circumstances into account, what would be the
most appropriate reaction for Jaap to have?
A. Go home. It is impossible to do business with Italians anyway.
B. Cancel his dinner plans with his friend Tony and accept the new dinner
invitation.
C. Tell Angelo that he already has plans and will meet him at the office
tomorrow.
D. Accept the invitation and ask Angelo if he would mind if his friend Tony
came along.
4. ____ cultures stress assertiveness, competition, and material success.
A. Masculine
B. American
C. Individualist
D. Feminine
5.
I. Students from high uncertainty avoidance cultures expect their
teachers to be experts who know all the answers.
II. Students from low uncertainty avoidance cultures accept teachers
who admit to not knowing all the answers.
