View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "The Ambassador and the Working Press".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ruth Jyoti disappointed with the American newspapers?
(a) There are not enough ads for dresses
(b) There are too few comics
(c) They are all written in English
(d) There are no reports concerning the Asian nation conferences

2. After studying communism, what does Father Finian conclude?
(a) Communism will win
(b) Communism was like a religion, a form of secular ritual, and evil
(c) Communism is not a threat
(d) Communism is like hula hoops and is a passing fad

3. What was the solution proposed?
(a) To bring the editors of the local papers to see the Ambassador
(b) To turn the newspaper editor over to the police
(c) To blow up the newspaper office that originally printed the rumor
(d) To slander the newspaper who originally printed it

4. What is a Sarkhanese?
(a) A citizen of Sarkhan
(b) A citizen of planet Saturn
(c) Someone who eats sark
(d) A citizen of Burma

5. How does Upton describe Joe Bing to the audience?
(a) Totally unqualified for the job but the only person we could find
(b) An expert at meeting natives face to face as equals
(c) An overweight, ignorant slob
(d) A professional liar

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sears do before he leaves his post?

2. How did Ambassador Krupitzyn convince the Sarkhanese that the relief rice was from the Soviet Union and not America?

3. Who is Homer Atkins?

4. Who is Kruptizyn more concerned about than the American Ambassador?

5. What is the recruitment team's message to the audience regarding the necessity to learn foreign languages or deal with the natives of the country they are posted to?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 415 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample