Test Bank
to Accompany
THE ART OF
PUBLIC SPEAKING
THIRTEENTH EDITION
Stephen E. Lucas
University of Wisconsin
with
Paul Stob
Vanderbilt University
Ann Weaver
www.mhhe.com
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Contents
Preface vi
Part One: Test Construction and Assessment 1
Part Two: Chapter-by-Chapter Exam Questions for 11
The Art of Public Speaking
Chapter 1: Speaking in Public 12
True-False Questions 13 Short-Answer Questions 25
Multiple-Choice Questions 16 Essay Questions 27
Chapter 2: Ethics and Public Speaking 29
True-False Questions 30 Short-Answer Questions 42
Multiple-Choice Questions 33 Essay Questions 43
Chapter 3: Listening 45
True-False Questions 46 Short-Answer Questions 56
Multiple-Choice Questions 48 Essay Questions 59
Chapter 4: Giving Your First Speech 60
True-False Questions 61 Short-Answer Questions 66
Multiple-Choice Questions 62 Essay Questions 67
Chapter 5: Selecting a Topic and a Purpose 68
True-False Questions 69 Short-Answer Questions 85
Multiple-Choice Questions 73 Essay Questions 93
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Chapter 6: Analyzing the Audience 94
True-False Questions 95 Short-Answer Questions 111
Multiple-Choice Questions 98 Essay Questions 113
Chapter 7: Gathering Materials 115
True-False Questions 116 Short-Answer Questions 126
Multiple-Choice Questions 118 Essay Questions 127
Chapter 8: Supporting Your Ideas 128
True-False Questions 129 Short-Answer Questions 150
Multiple-Choice Questions 132 Essay Questions 151
Chapter 9: Organizing the Body of the Speech 155
True-False Questions 156 Short-Answer Questions 183
Multiple-Choice Questions 158 Essay Questions 187
Chapter 10: Beginning and Ending the Speech 188
True-False Questions 189 Short-Answer Questions 207
Multiple-Choice Questions 192 Essay Questions 209
Chapter 11: Outlining the Speech 213
True-False Questions 214 Short-Answer Questions 224
Multiple-Choice Questions 216 Essay Questions 229
Chapter 12: Using Language 235
True-False Questions 236 Short-Answer Questions 251
Multiple-Choice Questions 239 Essay Questions 254
Chapter 13: Delivery 257
True-False Questions 258 Short-Answer Questions 274
Multiple-Choice Questions 262 Essay Questions 276
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Chapter 14: Using Visual Aids 278
True-False Questions 279 Short-Answer Questions 295
Multiple-Choice Questions 283 Essay Questions 297
Chapter 15: Speaking to Inform 299
True-False Questions 300 Short-Answer Questions 313
Multiple-Choice Questions 302 Essay Questions 315
Chapter 16: Speaking to Persuade 318
True-False Questions 319 Short-Answer Questions 346
Multiple-Choice Questions 324 Essay Questions 349
Chapter 17: Methods of Persuasion 351
True-False Questions 352 Short-Answer Questions 390
Multiple-Choice Questions 358 Essay Questions 396
Chapter 18: Speaking on Special Occasions 398
True-False Questions 399 Short-Answer Questions 409
Multiple-Choice Questions 401 Essay Questions 410
Chapter 19: Presenting Your Speech Online 412
True-False Questions 413 Short-Answer Questions 421
Multiple-Choice Questions 415 Essay Questions 422
Chapter 20: Speaking in Small Groups 424
True-False Questions 425 Short-Answer Questions 442
Multiple-Choice Questions 429 Essay Questions 444
Part Three: Chapter Quizzes and Answer Keys 447
Part Four: Test Bank Exam Master 488
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Preface
his Test Bank contains close to 2,900 exam questions for The Art of Public Speaking. In addition,
it includes special features such as an essay on test construction and assessment and premade
quizzes for each chapter of the book. All items are formatted so teachers can easily customize their
own exams by selecting, combining, and organizing questions from across chapters.
Test Bank Questions
The Test Bank is organized by chapter, with each chapter covered in a separate Word file. Questions
are organized according to type: true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay. Within each of
these categories, questions are clustered by topic, roughly following the order of topics in the
textbook. To provide as much flexibility as possible in constructing examinations, there is deliberate
overlap among the questions, both within and across question types. This enables you to choose the
Question Formatting
Each type of question—true-false, multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay—has an automatic numbering
system. You can copy and paste items from within a question type, and they will automatically number
themselves consecutively, beginning with “1.” The five answer choices for each multiple–choice question
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Special Features
Among its special features, this Test Bank includes a guest essay by Anita Vangelisti of the University
of Texas that is designed to help new instructors with test construction and assessment. Prepared
exclusively to accompany The Art of Public Speaking, it discusses the functions of testing for students
and instructors, the different levels of learning one can seek to assess when constructing examinations,
and the strengths and weaknesses of various kinds of exam questions. It also addresses issues related
to the comprehensiveness, difficulty, and length of exams. The essay can be found in the Word file
immediately following this introduction.
The Test Bank also provides a preconstructed true-false quiz for each chapter of The Art of Public
Speaking. An answer key follows each quiz. These quizzes and answer keys can be found in the Word
file that follows the Chapter 20 test questions.