This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Discourse > Pragmatics > Politeness Strategies Spoken English – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Politeness Strategies Spoken English Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I understand where are you coming from, but you have to look at it from our perspective as well. A) Polite way of giving opinion. B) Polite way of disagreeing. C) Impolite way of disagreeing. D) Impolite way of giving opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polite way of disagreeing. 2. A negative politeness strategy is ..... A) Rudeness. B) Flattery. C) Making a suggestion rather than giving an order. D) Showing that you like someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Making a suggestion rather than giving an order. 3. Impersonal "formal politeness", expressions referring to neither the speaker, nor the listener, emphasis on the speaker's and the hearer's independence. This is called deference strategy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Arrange the sentence appropriately!You / carry / this bag for me A) Could you carry this bag for me?. B) You could carry this bag for me?. C) Carry this bag for me?. D) Could you to carry this bag for me?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Could you carry this bag for me?. 5. The tendency to use negative politeness forms, emphasizing the hearer's right to freedom, can be seen as a ..... A) Deference strategy. B) Mitigating strategy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deference strategy. 6. Which modal verb is used to be more polite? A) Will. B) Can. C) Might. D) Shall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Might. 7. Take ..... to make a small talk. A) Ice cream. B) Time. C) Clock. D) Drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time. 8. Utterance which avoids a potential threat to a person's public self-image. A) Face saving act. B) Face want. C) Face threatening act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face saving act. 9. What strategy did the speakers use in the following conversation?Hiro:You guys need to go.Fred:No, don't push us away, Hiro. We're here for you. A) Be indirect. B) Use questions and hedge. C) Minimize imposition. D) Use plural pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use plural pronouns. 10. "Hey Danno, love the new place!"Is the speaker addressing positive or negative face needs? A) Positive face. B) Negative face. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive face. 11. How many Politeness strategies are there? A) One. B) Five. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five. 12. The lecturer is from A) Kuala Lumpur. B) Penang. C) Kedah. D) Kelantan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kedah. 13. Avoid ..... A) Gossip. B) Friend. C) People. D) Boyfriend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gossip. 14. How can you make a request more polite using past verb forms? A) I will ask you a question. B) I wanted to ask you a question. C) I am asking you a question. D) I want to ask you a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I wanted to ask you a question. 15. Who is the actor mention the phrase "bahasa menunjukkan bangsa" in the video shared? A) Samsudin. B) P. Ramlee. C) Banggali. D) Aziz Sattar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P. Ramlee. 16. How many politeness strategies? A) 3. B) 4. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 17. People generally behave as if their expectations concerning their public self-image, or their ..... , will be respected. A) Face wants. B) Face saving acts. C) Face threatening acts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Face wants. 18. I think we should all work together to rid our society of social evils. A) Polite way of giving an opinion. B) Impolite way of giving opinion. C) Polite way of disagreeing opinion. D) Impolite way of disagreeing opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polite way of giving an opinion. 19. What is a face-threatening act? A) Something said to a listener that could cause him/her to be embarrassed or ashamed. B) An action that one can do "in the face" of another. C) Something said that always conveys a threat to one's life and safety. D) A speech act that is never heard in everyday speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something said to a listener that could cause him/her to be embarrassed or ashamed. 20. Say nothing approach means the other ..... and not because the self ..... A) Offers-asks. B) Notices-does nothing. C) Asks-offers. D) Does nothing-notices. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offers-asks. 21. What strategy did the speakers use in the following conversation?Baymax:I am sorry about the fire.Hiro:It's okay. It was an accident. A) Exaggerate. B) Joke. C) Apologize. D) Be indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Apologize. 22. If a speaker says something that represents a threat to another individual's expectations regarding self-image, it is described as ..... A) Face wants. B) Face threatening act. C) Face saving act. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Face threatening act. 23. ..... my suit correctly?(Most polite) A) You would please clean. B) You will clean. C) Would you clean. D) Clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Would you clean. 24. Actually, as a matter of fact, I think we can look at it again and decide. A) Polite way of giving opinion. B) Polite way of disagreeing. C) Impolite way of giving opinion. D) Impolite way of disagreeing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polite way of disagreeing. 25. What is the primary goal of positive politeness strategies in conversations? A) To minimize imposition on the interlocutor's freedom. B) To emphasize shared values, mutual trust, and friendship. C) To distance oneself from the interlocutor. D) To avoid giving unwanted information. 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