UPEs

Question 1

In Hesselgrave’s terminology, “insufficient treatment, coverage, or analysis of a topic or task” is called…

1
reductionism.
2
understatement.
3
nonuniversality of symbols.
4
overlapping of understanding.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Communication of Christ to a lost world is…

1
a complex task.
2
an easy assignment.
3
an impossible task.
4
an improbable happening.

Answer 2

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Question 3

The cross of Christ is a symbol of eternal life to…

1
both believers and unbelievers.
2
neither believers nor unbelievers.
3
those who believe it is the basis for redemption.
4
those who do not believe it is the basis for redemption.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Encoding and decoding are similar in that each…

1
involves the respondent in responding to a message.
2
involves the source in sending a message.
3
functions entirely as a physical process.
4
is a process of mental selection.

Answer 4

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Question 5

Encoding and decoding are different in that…

1
decoding involves the source in sending a message, and encoding involves the respondent in responding to a message.
2
encoding involves the source in sending a message, and decoding involves the respondent in responding to a message.
3
encoding is a process of mental selection, and decoding is a physical process.
4
decoding is a process of mental selection, and encoding is a physical process.

Answer 5

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Question 6

An increase of overlapping of understanding between source and respondent in cross-cultural communication of Christ…

1
slightly decreases the success of such communication.
2
greatly decreases the success of such communication.
3
does not affect the success of such communication.
4
increases the success of such communication.

Answer 6

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Question 7

To increase understanding between them and their respondents, cross-cultural communicators of Christ can…

1
repeat the encoded message.
2
ignore differences between them.
3
identify differences between them.
4
have the respondent repeat the encoded message.

Answer 7

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Question 8

A foreigner’s refusal to socialize with local people is…

1
a moral choice.
2
a reason for tolerance.
3
a reason for ethnocentrism.
4
an example of ethnocentrism.

Answer 8

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Question 9

Desire to avoid the hard mental work necessary to learn a new language is…

1
the only important thing that could cause a missionary to be ethnocentric.
2
the only thing that could cause a missionary to be ethnocentric.
3
one thing that could cause a missionary to be ethnocentric.
4
not a thing that could cause a missionary to be ethnocentric.

Answer 9

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Question 10

We are encapsulated by our culture and…

1
are not very aware of how it happened.
2
have complete awareness of how it happened.
3
have considerable awareness of how it happened.
4
are almost completely aware of how it happened.

Answer 10

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Question 11

The things that make us aware of our own cultural encapsulation include…

1
our actions and attitudes toward others.
2
attitudes and actions of other people regarding us.
3
the direction and thoughts of our own conscience.
4
the thoughts and ideas that are formed in our minds as we talk to others.

Answer 11

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Question 12

On the mission field, a missionary’s failure to respect the culturally encapsulating practice regarding death…

1
slightly damages his or her ability to witness effectively for Christ.
2
seriously damages his or her ability to witness effectively for Christ.
3
does not affect his or her ability to witness effectively for Christ.
4
increases his or her ability to witness effectively for Christ.

Answer 12

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Question 13

A national church leader’s respect for his or her country’s culturally encapsulating practice regarding life…

1
helps his or her witness for Christ.
2
does not affect his or her witness for Christ.
3
slightly hinders his or her witness for Christ.
4
seriously hinders his or her witness for Christ.

Answer 13

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Question 14

The more persuaded a missionary is, the…

1
easier or her his cultural barriers will be to cross.
2
harder his or her cultural barriers will be to cross.
3
fewer cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.
4
greater number of cultural barriers he or she is willing to cross.

Answer 14

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Question 15

Missionary communication can be enhanced by…

1
studying the culture of and spending time with the respondent.
2
fully understanding one’s own language.
3
fully accepting the respondent’s culture.
4
fully understanding one’s own culture.

Answer 15

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Question 16

Before cross-cultural missionaries can effectively preach their message to those who have not heard it, they must know…

1
as much as possible about the respondent’s government.
2
the world in which the message must be communicated.
3
the means of travel in the respondent’s country.
4
the message respondents want to hear.

Answer 16

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Question 17

Bible culture, missionary culture, and respondent culture are involved…

1
at no time when cross-cultural missionary communication is achieved.
2
each time cross-cultural missionary communication is achieved.
3
sometimes when cross-cultural missionary communication is achieved.
4
few times when cross-cultural missionary communication is achieved.

Answer 17

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Question 18

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

1
there is tension between Christ and culture.
2
there is no tension between Christ and culture.
3
culture supersedes Christ in cross-cultural communication.
4
Christian communication is never culturally relevant.

Answer 18

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Question 19

“A process of making a message meaningful in a new culture” is a brief definition of…

1
tension.
2
inseparable.
3
supraculture.
4
contextualization.

Answer 19

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Question 20

For a message to be meaningful in a new culture, it must be restated inside the new culture in a way that is…

1
understandable to the communicator.
2
relevant to the communicator’s culture.
3
faithful to the respondents’ expectations.
4
understandable to the respondents in the new environment.

Answer 20

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Question 21

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

1
some means provide salvation in Christ for some of them.
2
some means provide salvation in Christ for all of them.
3
all means provide salvation in Christ for some of them.
4
most means provide salvation in Christ for most of them.

Answer 21

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Question 22

“Identification with the respondents” is…

1
not an identification a cross-cultural missionary needs.
2
the only identification a cross-cultural missionary needs.
3
one of the identifications a cross-cultural missionary needs.
4
not an important identification for a cross-cultural missionary to have.

Answer 22

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Question 23

In his treatment of “the cross-cultural communication process,” Hesselgrave uses the phrase ways of expressing ideas to help define…

1
worldviews.
2
linguistic forms.
3
media influence.
4
motivational resources.

Answer 23

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Question 24

In his treatment of “types of audience response,” Hesselgrave refers to a respondent’s postponement of a decision to accept Christ as…

1
studied protraction.
2
syncretic incorporation.
3
straightforward rejection.
4
situational reformulation.

Answer 24

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Question 25

Human cultures have…

1
almost complete similarity.
2
complete similarity.
3
some similarities.
4
no similarities.

Answer 25

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Question 26

Hesselgrave defines a person’s worldview as…

1
the way a person sees the world.
2
what a person hears about the world.
3
what a person disbelieves about the world.
4
what a person misunderstands about the world.

Answer 26

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Question 27

One of the ways Hesselgrave characterizes worldviews is in terms of their basic understanding of…

1
death.
2
creation.
3
morality.
4
humanity.

Answer 27

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Question 28

The cross-cultural missionary’s adaptation to what respondents believe concerning the existence and nature of reality is…

1
not a requirement of missionary communication.
2
the least requirement of missionary communication.
3
one of the least requirements of missionary communication.
4
one of the first requirements of missionary communication.

Answer 28

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Question 29

Concerning the process of communicating the substance of the gospel and humanity’s spiritual need, “choosing aspects of the whole truth to fit time limitations” refers most closely to the aspect known as…

1
application.
2
adaptation.
3
selection.
4
definition.

Answer 29

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Question 30

According to Hesselgrave, the worldview that dismisses the supernatural as the notion of some less developed stage of human evolution is the…

1
in-between worldview.
2
naturalist worldview.
3
religious worldview.
4
scientific worldview.

Answer 30

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Question 31

To help them communicate Christ to highly educated naturalists, Hesselgrave says that missionaries in their preparation should study…

1
Bible and theology, but not philosophy and apologetics.
2
philosophy and apologetics, but not Bible and theology.
3
neither philosophy and apologetics nor Bible and theology.
4
philosophy and apologetics, as well as Bible and theology.

Answer 31

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Question 32

Missionaries who go beyond their knowledge and abilities in an attempt to communicate Christ through reasoning” would…

1
cause poor arguments.
2
cause good arguments.
3
have no effect on their arguments.
4
have little effect on their arguments.

Answer 32

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Question 33

To the people of Lystra and Athens, Paul communicated the reality of God’s…

1
material condition.
2
all-inclusive creation.
3
sustenance of the universe.
4
ability to withhold physical healing.

Answer 33

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Question 34

Hesselgrave states that Christianity has had…

1
less receptivity among Hindu-Buddhistic peoples than among tribal peoples.
2
more receptivity among Hindu-Buddhistic peoples than among tribal peoples.
3
as much receptivity among Hindu-Buddhistic peoples as among tribal peoples.
4
no receptivity among Hindu-Buddhistic peoples.

Answer 34

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Question 35

Yoga, karma, maya, and atman are four core ideas or concepts upon which…

1
Buddhism developed.
2
Judaism developed.
3
Hinduism developed.
4
Islam developed.

Answer 35

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Question 36

The law of karma is a belief of…

1
Hinduism and Buddhism.
2
Shinto and Judaism.
3
Judaism and Islam.
4
Shinto and Islam.

Answer 36

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Question 37

For evangelism in India, Bakht Singh recommends a message centered on…

1
eternal life.
2
the love of God.
3
the wrath of God.
4
forgiveness of sins and peace.

Answer 37

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Question 38

Heaven, light, and strength are elements of…

1
karma.
2
Yang.
3
Yin.
4
Tao.

Answer 38

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Question 39

Foundation pillars of Islam include…

1
conquering non-Muslim nations.
2
observance of the Fast of Ramadan.
3
the illusory nature of reality and the universe.
4
building relationships with those who profess other faiths.

Answer 39

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Question 40

“The overwhelming challenge to the Christian missionary as a source of the message of Christ” is establishing himself or herself as a…

1
highly educated person.
2
very humble person.
3
person of goodwill.
4
sacrificial person.

Answer 40

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Question 41

Followers of Syncretistic Christo-Paganism in Latin America worship God…

1
as much as they worship the virgin Mary.
2
more than they worship the virgin Mary.
3
less than they worship the virgin Mary.
4
rather than the virgin Mary.

Answer 41

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Question 42

A difficult assignment for missionaries to a culture where multireligion prevails is…

1
undoing the respondents’ false cultural beliefs.
2
learning the various components of the people’s overall worldview.
3
learning the nuances of the respondents’ language.
4
communicating Christ according to the missionary’s overall worldview.

Answer 42

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Question 43

The value variations of the value orientation called activity are…

1
past, present, and future.
2
lineality, collaterality, and individualism.
3
being, being-in-becoming, and doing.
4
subjection to nature, harmony with nature, and mastery over nature.

Answer 43

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Question 44

To think that elements of human values are held with equal intensity in all cultures…

1
has no relevance to the cross-cultural communicator’s work.
2
has little relevance to the cross-cultural communicator’s work.
3
is a serious mistake for a cross-cultural communicator to make.
4
is the best way for a cross-cultural communicator to consider these elements.

Answer 44

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Question 45

A society that assumes the human condition is good, has no guilt, and is unchangeable would…

1
sometimes question humanity’s need of a savior.
2
doubtless question humanity’s need of a savior.
3
seldom question humanity’s need of a savior.
4
never question humanity’s need of a savior.

Answer 45

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Question 46

If a people appease the spirit of a stream of water by sacrificing a chicken to that spirit, their value variation of nature is…

1
mastery over nature.
2
subjection to nature.
3
harmony with nature.
4
a disregard of nature.

Answer 46

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Question 47

Ways of conceiving the movement or lack of movement of time include the consideration of time as…

1
flexible.
2
circular.
3
mobile.
4
relative to the individual.

Answer 47

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Question 48

Christ’s words “Abide in me . . . for without me you can do nothing” clearly imply that…

1
doing and being are mutually exclusive.
2
doing and being are synonymous.
3
doing is a prerequisite to being.
4
being is a prerequisite to doing.

Answer 48

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Question 49

In comparison to individualistic societies, kinship societies define brother…

1
with equal closeness to Christ’s concept of the family.
2
with less closeness to Christ’s concept of the family.
3
a little closer to Christ’s concept of the family.
4
much closer to Christ’s concept of the family

Answer 49

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Question 50

The view that progress threatens “survival of what exists” supports the attitude that change is…

1
neither desirable nor undesirable.
2
both desirable and undesirable.
3
undesirable.
4
desirable.

Answer 50

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