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Multiple Choice

This activity contains 10 questions.

	When is the most important moment to consider your audience?   Rehearsing the speech Select and narrowing the topic Every step of the process Organizing the speech Delivering the speech

	In selecting and narrowing your topic, which of the questions deals with the physical surroundings of your speech?   What are my experiences? What are my talents? What are my interests? Who is the audience? What is the occasion?

	Which of the following is the best example of a specific purpose?   At the end of my speech, my audience will be able to play the electric guitar. At the end of my speech, my audience will be able to make a cake at home. At the end of my speech, my audience will know about the history of the US Army. At the end of my speech, my audience will be able to identify the three major causes of World War II and describe the circumstances surrounding each one. At the end of my speech, my audience will be able to know what causes earthquakes.

	To change or reinforce an attitude, belief, value, or behavior represents which general purpose of public speaking?   To educate To entertain To irritate To inform To persuade

	In gathering support materials, which of the following is an electronic database?   Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Directory of American Scholars Google Lexis-Nexis Social Sciences Index

	Early students of speech called the process of developing, organizing and arranging a speech coherently:   Invention Central idea Disposition Transition Main idea

	A speaker can determine how to subdivide a central idea into key points by asking:   Does the central idea have logical divisions? None of the above Can you think of several reasons why the central idea is true? All of the above Can you support the central idea with a series of steps?

	A statement of your specific purpose identifies:   The audience's interests The conclusion The length of the speech The response you desire The form of speech

	What is included in the conclusion of a speech?   All of the above An attention-catching line A summary of the key ideas The general purpose The main content of the speech

	What is included in the body of a speech?   The central idea A summary of the key ideas An attention-catching line All of the above The main content of the speech

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