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The cross of Christ illustrates the nonuniversality of symbols among people because it is a symbol of eternal life for…

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all people of all periods of time.
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most people of all periods of time.
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some people of most periods of time.
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only those people who believe in Christ.

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Hesselgrave uses God’s actions at the city of Babel (Genesis 11:9) to teach the…

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complexity of culture and communications.
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hopelessness of humankind.
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final end of all large cities.
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doctrine of original sin.

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The study guide classifies the sketching of animals as…

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sound symbols of communication.
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visual symbols of communication.
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secular symbols of communication.
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religious symbols of communication.

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Intentional communication includes the selection of stored information from the mind by…

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only the one who encodes the message.
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only the one who decodes the message.
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the one who analyzes the encoded and decoded message.
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the one who encodes and the one who decodes the message.

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Cross-cultural communicators of Christ can do…

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nothing to increase understanding between them and the respondent.
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some things to increase understanding between them and the respondent.
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endless things to increase understanding between them and the respondent.
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only one thing to increase understanding between them and the respondent.

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Reductionism may be defined as…

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becoming realistic in our ability to accomplish the missionary problem.
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reducing the number of continents to be served with the missionary task.
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insufficient treatment, coverage, or analysis of a topic or task.
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insufficient information to properly treat or analyze a task.

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Encoding involves the…

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intervention of a third person.
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passive response of the source.
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passive nature of the respondent.
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sending of a message by the source.

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Modern communications theory is related to the social sciences and is based on a theme practiced by…

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writers of the sacred scriptures of other religions.
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writers of the Bible and early church fathers.
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modern theologians and Bible scholars.
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today’s great communicators.

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A good example of a sound symbol is a…

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hymn.
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traffic sign.
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hand gesture.
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cross formed by placing two sticks together.

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Intentional communication…

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never involves a conscious selecting of information from the mind’s storage.
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always involves a conscious selecting of information from the mind’s storage.
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seldom involves a conscious selecting of information from the mind’s storage.
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sometimes involves a conscious selecting of information from the mind’s storage.

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An example of a cross-cultural communicator’s ethnocentric behavior would be his or her refusal to…

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learn the local language.
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import a car into the local country.
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maintain his or her own cultural values.
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get involved with the host country’s politics.

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When a cross-cultural missionary is persuaded of the positive value of the gospel, that belief…

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increases the cross-cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.
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decreases the cross-cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.
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has no effect on the cross-cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.
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has little effect on the cross-cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.

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An underlying reason for ethnocentrism is one’s deep, long-standing attitude that…

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expresses no attitude toward cultural change.
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participates in cultural change.
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accepts cultural change.
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rejects cultural change.

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Ethnocentrism is being…

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reluctant to accept or participate in strange cultures.
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hesitant to maintain one’s own values.
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glad to participate in strange cultures.
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glad to accept strange cultures.

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Whether or not people always sing from a hymnal accompanied by an organ in public worship is of…

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great importance to biblical theology.
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considerable importance to biblical theology.
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no importance to biblical theology.
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some importance to biblical theology.

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Missionary communication is…

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simple but not complex.
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complex but not simple.
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both simple and complex.
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neither simple nor complex.

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Attitudes and actions of other people regarding us are…

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the main things that make us aware of our own cultural encapsulation.
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the only things that make us aware of our own cultural encapsulation.
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minor things that make us aware of our own cultural encapsulation.
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not things that make us aware of our own cultural encapsulation.

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An example of ethnocentrism is…

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being quick to eat unusual foods.
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being open to accept cultural change.
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being reluctant to learn a new language.
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feeling that one’s own customs are better than those of others.

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A practice of persons that makes others aware of their cultural encapsulation is…

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understanding the revelation of God through Jesus Christ.
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different concept of time as related to appointments.
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preaching the gospel.
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love for all people.

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Values that act as layers of culture can…

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promote achieving cross-cultural communication.
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break down communication barriers between cultures.
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hinder one from achieving cross-cultural communication.
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speed up cross-cultural communication and enhance understanding.

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Christianity is supracultural in its origin and truth, but it is cultural in its application. These conditions imply that…

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there is tension between Christ and culture.
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there is no tension between Christ and culture.
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Christian communication is never culturally relevant.
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culture supersedes Christ in cross-cultural communication

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In his section on “What Word Shall We Choose?” Hesselgrave focuses mainly on…

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inculturation.
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indigenization.
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accommodation.
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contextualization.

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Micro-culture refers to…

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no groupings of people at all.
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larger groupings of people than does macro‑culture.
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smaller groupings of people than does macro-culture.
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exactly the same groupings of people as does macro-culture.

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When a respondent rejects the Christian message but allows a subordinate to accept it, his or her response is called…

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syncretistic incorporation.
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situational reformulation.
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symbiotic resignation.
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studied protraction.

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Regarding barriers to cross-cultural communication, technological advances have done…

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as much to help overcome cultural barriers as geographical barriers.
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more to help overcome cultural barriers than geographical barriers.
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less to help overcome cultural barriers than geographical barriers.
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little to help overcome any kind of barriers.

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An encouragement to cross-cultural communicators of Christ is…

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differences among cultures.
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the inability of people to adjust to other cultures.
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the number of possible respondents in the world.
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the Holy Spirit’s illumination and conviction of respondents.

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Macro-culture refers to…

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no groupings of people at all.
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larger groupings of people than micro-culture.
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much smaller groupings of people than micro-culture.
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a little smaller groupings of people than micro-culture.

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A characteristic of rhetoric that Asian cultures appreciate is…

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directness.
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indirectness.
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lack of subtlety.
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immediate decision.

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The most formidable barriers to cross-cultural communication are…

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cultural barriers.
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national boundaries.
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geographical barriers.
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geographical boundaries.

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The apostle Paul communicated Christ to the cultures that he contacted by becoming…

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all things to all men.
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most things to most men.
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some things to some men.
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many things to many men.

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Hesselgrave characterizes worldviews in terms of…

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time, space, humanity, and nature.
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humanity, time, space, and supernature.
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supernature, nature, humanity, and time.
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nature, humanity, space, and supernature.

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A person who holds to the naturalist worldview believes…

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a little more strongly in the supernatural than the tribal worldview.
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much more strongly in the supernatural than the tribal worldview.
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less strongly in the supernatural than the tribal worldview.
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as strongly in the supernatural as the tribal worldview.

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A missionary should not go beyond his or her knowledge in attempting to communicate Christ through reasoning. To do so causes poor arguments that the respondents would hold against…

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themselves.
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the missionary.
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their ancestors.
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the missionary’s denomination.

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Cross-cultural Christian missionaries can best approach non-Christian respondents by contextualizing the Christian message into…

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a biblical worldview.
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the respondents’ worldview.
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the missionaries’ own worldview.
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the worldview of the Majority World.

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“Choosing aspects of the whole truth to fit time limitations” is a description of the part of the communication process called…

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application.
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adaptation.
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definition.
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selection.

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Hesselgrave defines a person’s worldview as…

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the way a person sees the world.
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what a person hears about the world.
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what a person disbelieves about the world.
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what a person misunderstands about the world.

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According to our textbook, one unbelieving system…

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sometimes cancels out another.
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usually cancels out another.
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always cancels out another.
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never cancels out another.

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According to Hesselgrave, the naturalist worldview regards…

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humans as a creation of divine origin.
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time as a problem needing to be solved.
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humans as existing by chance arrangement of atoms.
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belief in the supernatural as a characteristic of advanced cultures.

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The characteristic that the naturalist worldview often dismisses as “the notion of some less developed stage of man’s evolution” is…

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the supernatural.
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nature.
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man.
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time.

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The record of Paul’s speaking to the people of Athens in Acts 17 indicates that the worldview of…

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Paul considered God to be nonmaterial.
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the Athenians considered God to be One.
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Paul considered God to be Three‑in‑One.
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the Athenians considered God to be nonmaterial.

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A part of the Chinese worldview is…

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pantheism in an illusory world.
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a disregard of pantheism.
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veneration of the sage.
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non-world affirmation.

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The worldview that has replaced Brahman with Nirvana is…

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Islam.
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Judaism.
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Hinduism.
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Buddhism.

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Earth, darkness, and weakness are elements of…

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Yang.
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Yin.
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Tao.
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karma.

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In the Yin-Yang concept of the traditional Chinese worldview, the elements of Yang are…

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more positive than those of Yin.
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less positive than those of Yin.
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as positive as those of Yin.
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completely negative.

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Foundation pillars of Islam include…

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conquering non-Muslim nations.
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observance of the Fast of Ramadan.
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the illusory nature of reality and the universe.
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building relationships with those who profess other faiths.

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The attitude toward Christ and the heavenly Father of syncretistic Christo-Paganism in Latin America is pagan rather than Christian, because the virgin Mary is emphasized…

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much less than Christ and the Father.
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a little less than Christ and the Father.
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to the detriment of Christ and the Father.
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on an equal basis with Christ and the Father.

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Muhammad believed Christ’s prediction of a coming Paraclete (or Comforter) was a prophecy of…

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Old Testament prophets and Christ.
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the prophet Muhammad himself.
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Christ’s own second coming.
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the Holy Spirit.

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Regarding communication of Christ to Jews and Muslims, Hesselgrave says that to “establish himself as a person of goodwill” is…

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not a challenge to the Christian missionary.
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a minor challenge to the Christian missionary.
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the only challenge to the Christian missionary.
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the overwhelming challenge to the Christian missionary.

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The four core ideas on which Hinduism has developed are…

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karma, maya, atman, and Yoga.
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karma, maya, Nirvana, and Yoga.
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karma, Qur’an, maya, and atman.
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Qur’an, Nirvana, karma, and maya.

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Profession of the faith, recital of ritual prayers five times a day, giving of alms, and the pilgrimage to Mecca are four of the…

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five pillars that form the foundation of Islam.
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religious practices of Islam and Judaism.
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foundations of Christianity.
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foundations of Judaism.

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People everywhere are alike in that all of them have similar…

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needs.
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beliefs.
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messages.
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worldviews.

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Subject-to-nature people tend…

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not to have a well-defined sacred world.
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to go for industrial advancement.
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not to need to appease the spirits.
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to be quite fatalistic.

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Regarding “resistance to the gospel,” the societies whose people believe the human condition can be changed will manifest…

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a little more of it than other societies.
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much more of it than other societies.
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as much of it as other societies.
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less of it than other societies.

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If a culture has many monuments of stone and steel that commemorate its long, important history, these monuments tend to orient it to…

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the past.
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the future.
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the present.
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all times equally.

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The society whose people believe most strongly that each person can do what he or she wants to do is…

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a lineal-individualistic society.
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an individualistic society.
3
a collateral society.
4
a lineal society.

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If the people of a culture believe human nature is evil and cannot be changed, their culture will manifest…

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no resistance to the teachings of the Bible.
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little resistance to the teachings of the Bible.
3
great resistance to the teachings of the Bible.
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some resistance to the teachings of the Bible.

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Cultures which are alike in that they have many similar values include…

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all cultures.
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few cultures.
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most cultures.
4
many cultures.

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This lesson has emphasized that Christ’s words, “Abide in me . . . for apart from me you can do nothing” clearly imply that…

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doing is a prerequisite to being.
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being is a prerequisite to doing.
3
doing has no relation to being.
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being is exclusive of doing.

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Individualistic thinking causes people in a society to care…

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as much about each other as does communal thinking.
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more about each other than does communal thinking.
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less about each other than does communal thinking.
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too much about each other.

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On the Value Orientation Chart, the words mutable and immutable are placed with the value variations of the value orientation called…

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time.
2
activity.
3
progress.
4
human condition.

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In the West, to know employs…

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as much use of the theoretic component as in the East.
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more use of the theoretic component than in the East.
3
less use of the theoretic component than in the East.
4
no use of the theoretic component.

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Western missionary communication is…

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less practical and down-to-earth than the Bible.
2
not biblical or down-to-earth.
3
not down-to-earth.
4
not practical.

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Regarding the various ways of thinking in this world, Smith feels that…

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some are completely foreign to cross-cultural communicators.
2
none are completely foreign to cross-cultural communicators.
3
most are completely foreign to cross-cultural communicators.
4
few are completely foreign to cross-cultural communicators.

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Effort to communicate that does not press beyond what respondents think to how they think is called…

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myopia.
2
panavision.
3
fruitless vision.
4
skillful vision.

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Western theologians think that to be communicated, Scripture must…

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compete with logical ordering.
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yield itself to logical ordering.
3
ignore logical ordering.
4
avoid logical ordering.

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Among the causes of linearity-and-print bias losing ground in modern technological societies is the…

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prestige of illiteracy.
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advent of electronic media.
3
richness of oral communication.
4
usefulness of literacy to evangelism.

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Schwartz believes that Western literacy considers music played by ear to be…

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incomparable to music that is read.
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superior to music that is read.
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inferior to music that is read.
4
equal to music that is read.

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The two elements that a communicator needs in proper balance to communicate effectively are…

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logic and fact.
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myopia and knowing what we know.
3
myopia and dependence on the Holy Spirit.
4
manner of presentation and dependence on the Holy Spirit.

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Theology must fit the facts of the Bible if it is to be…

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socially acceptable.
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politically feasible.
3
culturally valid.
4
truly Christian.

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The apostle Paul practiced good communications with the Corinthians by…

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omitting skill from his preaching and teaching.
2
omitting logic from his preaching and teaching.
3
arguing from demonstration of the Holy Spirit’s power.
4
teaching as if the Corinthians lacked communicative skills.

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Historical religious teachings and philosophies of China relate to Chinese concrete relational thinking in a way that makes it…

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almost the same as it is among tribal peoples.
2
less simple than it is among tribal peoples.
3
just the same as it is among tribal peoples.
4
simpler than it is among tribal peoples.

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The Christian’s insistence “that the highest knowledge is the knowledge of God through Jesus Christ” emphasizes the importance of…

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knowledge about God’s world.
2
knowledge about God.
3
intuitional thinking.
4
scientific thinking.

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Concrete relational thinking is particularly attracted to…

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a logical sequence of a presentation of truth.
2
oversimplification of truth.
3
a simple place of worship.
4
idolatry.

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Hesselgrave informs us about the mystical thought processes of Indians by reference to historical facts and through a simple overview of how the Indian’s sacred scriptures relate to…
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concrete relational thinking.
2
illustrative proverbs.
3
scientific thinking.
4
human senses.

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A characteristic of Indian intuitional thinking is…

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preference for the positive.
2
emphasis on the unity of all things.
3
objective comprehension of a person.
4
alienation from the subjective spiritual world.

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76
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By making correspondence study material that appeals to the Western mentality less abstract and more pictorial, a cross-cultural missionary makes such material…

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a little less appealing to concrete relational tribal peoples.
2
much less appealing to concrete relational tribal peoples.
3
more appealing to concrete relational tribal peoples.
4
unsuitable for concrete relational tribal peoples.

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77
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History shows the “bonding glue” that united the different people of ancient India into a social and psychological unity was the…

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cultured Dravidian element.
2
phenomenon of Hinduism.
3
aboriginal tribe element.
4
warlike Aryan element.

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78
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Chinese concrete relational thinking increases…

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rational apprehension.
2
theoretical apprehension.
3
scientific apprehension.
4
intuitional apprehension.

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79
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Western missionaries should find concrete relational thinking…

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easy to understand.
2
on no mission field.
3
difficult to understand.
4
occasionally on the mission field.

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80
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One thing to avoid when trying to communicate Christ to Indian intuitionalists is…

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too little intellectualizing.
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too little simplification.
3
over-intellectualizing.
4
total intellectualizing.

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Every word has…

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one correct meaning.
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one kind of meaning.
3
a correct dictionary meaning.
4
a meaning that can change over time.

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4

82
Q

The basic requirement of an effective missionary endeavor is…

1
having sufficient finances.
2
having major prayer support.
3
being adequately prepared for the task.
4
acquiring the language of the people to whom one is called.

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4

83
Q

One can be helped in learning a foreign language if he or she…

1
remembers that meanings are in people and not in languages.
2
is aware that meanings are invariable inside a given culture.
3
believes that meaning is somehow inherently right or valid.
4
remembers that meanings are in languages and not in people.

A

1

84
Q

Language can be correctly defined as “the inventory of culture” because it…

1
is never illogical.
2
reveals so much about a people.
3
is never based on universal logic.
4
is the only element in a people’s culture.

A

2

85
Q

When we first meet Adam in the Bible, his superiority over the lesser creatures is demonstrated by his authority to…

1
subdue them.
2
name them.
3
kill them.
4
use them.

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2

86
Q

The approach to language learning that means “to learn to associate specific linguistic utterances with specific situations,” is referred to as…

1
the linguistic method.
2
the phonetic method.
3
cultural submersion.
4
the direct method.

A

3

87
Q

A biblical example that proves a missionary’s effectiveness in speaking the language of his hearers is the speaking of Greek to the Roman commander and Hebrew to the crowd of Jews in Acts 21:37, 40 and 22:2 by…

1
James.
2
Peter.
3
Paul.
4
John.

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3

88
Q

Chomsky-Longacre’s theory presents the idea that…

1
human beings do not have a common logical way of thinking independently of language.
2
all languages draw on universal, context-free rules and logical relationships.
3
language shapes our ideas rather than only expressing them.
4
language is the only means of effective communication.

A

2

89
Q

An idiolect is a person’s…

1
total set of language habits.
2
acquired part of a foreign language.
3
specific n on-verbal communication.
4
dialect of a specific geographical area.

A

1

90
Q

Language is of the utmost importance to humankind…

1
socially.
2
intuitionally.
3
metaphysically.
4
chronologically.

A

1

91
Q

One of the three circumstances that help to cause Majority World peoples to speak indirectly is…

1
kinship that discourages individualistic expression.
2
independence from their social environment.
3
an interdependent social environment.
4
individualistic decision making.

A

1

92
Q

Sania Hamady has observed that, for the Arab, shame is…

1
in no way a public matter.
2
of little importance as a public matter.
3
a less important public matter than guilt.
4
a more important public matter than guilt.

A

4

93
Q

Machismo is a social trait that…

1
helps a person to expose his or her inner feelings.
2
hinders a person’s exposing his or her inner feelings.
3
does not affect a person’s exposing his or her inner feelings.
4
has little effect on a person’s exposing his or her inner feelings.

A

2

94
Q

The collective communal decision-making of Majority World people…

1
helps them to speak indirectly.
2
greatly helps them to speak directly.
3
slightly helps them to speak directly.
4
does not affect their manner of speech.

A

1

95
Q

Regarding the cultural differences of Judeo-Christian people from other peoples, the controlling maxims of the Old Testament have…

1
not been a factor.
2
been one of the factors.
3
been the only important factor.
4
not been considered in determining the factors.

A

2

96
Q

“Indirect speech that the native speaker judges as worthy of praise in verbal interaction” is part of…

1
increasingly technical societies.
2
a print and linear-precise society.
3
the definition of art in intentional allusion.
4
the growth and expansion of modern countries.

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3

97
Q

Items of cultural value that help Westerners to speak directly include the…

1
ideal of inequality of all individuals.
2
ideal of nonequality of all individuals.
3
democratic right of role determination.
4
noncompetitive confrontational environment.

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3

98
Q

An inexact concept of time tends to produce…

1
precise focus of attention and direct speech.
2
precise focus of attention and indirect speech.
3
imprecise focus of attention and direct speech.
4
imprecise focus of attention and indirect speech.

A

4

99
Q

Because of its need for the maximized informational content that precision in speech provides,…

1
a Majority World society needs the directness of precision in speech.
2
an industrialized society needs the directness of precision in speech.
3
an isolated society needs the directness of precision in speech.
4
a kinsman society needs the directness of precision in speech.

A

2

100
Q

The term time conceptualization refers to…

1
time consciousness.
2
too much time.
3
too little time.
4
timelessness.

A

1

101
Q

In regard to nonverbal communications, we find that Plato and Aristotle had…

1
a little more concern for it than do modern scholars.
2
much more concern for it than do modern scholars.
3
as much concern for it as do modern scholars.
4
less concern for it than do modern scholars.

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4

102
Q

The aspect of the behavioral dimension that is often wrongly concluded to be universal among peoples is…

1
paralanguage.
2
environment.
3
body language.
4
touching behavior.

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3

103
Q

People who conceive of time as “marching” and place great value on the present moment are…

1
Indians.
2
Africans.
3
Westerners.
4
Classical Chinese.

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3

104
Q

An important factor in missionary culture shock is missionaries’…

1
ignorance regarding new ways of acting.
2
hatred for new ways of acting.
3
lack of preparation for new ways of acting.
4
fear of acting in new ways.

A

3

105
Q

Psychological walls refer to…

1
physical walls that provide necessary privacy.
2
imaginary walls that provide necessary privacy.
3
imaginary walls that prevent too much communication.
4
physical walls that prevent too much communication.

A

2

106
Q

As it related to what and how a speaker communicated, Plato and Aristotle were most concerned with the…

1
words spoken by the speaker.
2
body language of the speaker.
3
speaker’s artifacts and environment.
4
physical characteristics of the speaker.

A

1

107
Q

Pitch, rhythm, and resonance are included in the aspect of nonverbal communication referred to as…

1
environmental factors.
2
paralanguage.
3
body motion.
4
artifacts.

A

2

108
Q

Body motion is the aspect of nonverbal cross-cultural communication that includes…

1
architectural style.
2
body shape.
3
skin color.
4
gestures.

A

4

109
Q

The aspect of the behavioral dimension that sometimes causes misunderstanding based on sexual overtones is…

1
body language.
2
touching.
3
space.
4
time.

A

2

110
Q

Culture shock is…

1
an emotional subconscious response to strange environments.
2
an intellectual subconscious response to all environments.
3
an emotional conscious response to all conditions.
4
a conscious response to intellectual conditions.

A

1

111
Q

A factor which may indicate that a cross-cultural missionary communicator may be suffering from egotism is his or her…

1
refusal to train national leaders in his or her host country.
2
determination to preach the gospel at all costs.
3
ability to worship in a foreign setting.
4
ability to learn languages easily.

A

1

112
Q

Cross-cultural missionaries should ask who their respondents say they are, as did…

1
Paul.
2
Jesus.
3
Peter.
4
Philip.

A

2

113
Q

“The acting out of one’s status” is a brief definition for…

1
role.
2
society.
3
egotism.
4
creationism.

A

1

114
Q

The words and behavior of Jesus contain…

1
the best model of a remedy for egotism.
2
little that would remedy egotism.
3
an attitude that reflects egotism.
4
an example for egotists.

A

1

115
Q

The remedy for egotism is largely…

1
psychological.
2
educational.
3
spiritual.
4
practical.

A

3

116
Q

A respondent important to a missionary communicator is…

1
one who is not influential in the community.
2
an accepted mediator.
3
a fierce fighter.
4
a dictator.

A

2

117
Q

The factor within the will of God that determines in large measure who will speak to whom is…

1
role.
2
status.
3
society.
4
egotism.

A

3

118
Q

Status quo refers most directly to…

1
past traditions.
2
changing ideas.
3
changing attitudes.
4
present circumstances.

A

4

119
Q

The traditional Western view is that the individual has…

1
no worth to society.
2
equal worth to society.
3
less worth than society.
4
more worth than society.

A

4

120
Q

When communicating in a cross-cultural situation the missionary would do best to consider himself or herself as…

1
bound for success because of his or her calling.
2
better educated than the respondents.
3
a learner with a long way to go.
4
well-equipped for the task.

A

3

121
Q

The term social structure refers to…

1
family, clan, and caste.
2
a dynamic condition.
3
forces of change.
4
setting of goals.

A

1

122
Q

Lineage is…

1
relevant only in Majority World cultures.
2
calculated primarily through the father.
3
not a relevant factor in most cultures.
4
ancestor-focused.

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4

123
Q

The future of Christian missions in any society depends on…

1
its content of freedom.
2
its content of democracy.
3
its content of totalitarianism.
4
the person, power, and promises of Christ.

A

4

124
Q

Industrialization (or the lack of it) causes a great difference between cities and determines the best method of communication to a given city…

1
all the time.
2
sometimes.
3
seldom.
4
never.

A

1

125
Q

Kindred and lineage relationships (natural bridges that help the work of cross-cultural missionaries) are based on…

1
industrial progress.
2
blood and marriage.
3
intellectual progress.
4
neighborhood associations.

A

2

126
Q

A rural society that is closely connected with the city can be described as…

1
tribal.
2
peasant.
3
primitive.
4
nontraditional.

A

2

127
Q

The neighborhood associations in Japan exemplify needed…

1
one-way communication.
2
isolation from communication.
3
large group, participative communication.
4
small group, participative communication.

A

4

128
Q

Horizontal communication is…

1
low in volume.
2
high in prestige.
3
medium in volume.
4
low to medium in prestige.

A

4

129
Q

One of Hesselgrave’s working hypotheses relating to missionary communication is that…

1
interpersonal communication is usually horizontal.
2
prestigious communication is from lower to upper classes.
3
prestigious, vertical communication is not suited to effecting social control.
4
the alignment of communication with social structure decreases its effectiveness.

A

1

130
Q

According to Hesselgrave, horizontal communication is…

1
low in volume.
2
high in volume.
3
high in prestige.
4
low in persuasive potential.

A

2

Cross-Cultural Comm (15 decks)

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