Question 16.

Which of the following topics is the person talking about?
　　A) Cross-cultural miscommunications
　　B) Different perceptions of time across cultures
　　C) The idea of the past, present and future time
　　D) A fundamental basis for business conversations.
　　Question 17. What can be learned about monochromism from the cultural anthropologist Edward T. Haw?
　　A) Mono-chronic time is characterized by many things happening simultaneously.
　　B) Mono-chronic cultures value interpersonal relationships highly.
　　C) Mono-chronic cultures emphasize schedules, punctuality, and precisensess.
　　D) Mono-chronic time is found primarily in Latin American and African cultures.
　　Question 18. Which of following statements apply to polychromism according to Edward T. Haw?
　　A) Poly-chronic time is found primarily in North America and Northern Europe.
　　B) Poly-chronism views time as flexible, so preciseness is not that important.
　　C) Poly-chronic cultures emphasize schedules and puntuality.
　　D) Poly-chronic cultures value productivity and getting things done “on time”
　　Question 19. In the business world, who would prefer to finish talking with colleagues before keeping an appointment?
　　A) Those raised in the mono-chronic culture
　　B) People who are guilty of ethnocentrism
　　C) An American businessperson
　　D) A brazilian businessman
　　Question 20. Edward’s theory has been challenged by some critics, what do these critics think of his theory?
　　A) It over-emphasizes individual differences
　　B) It fails to make his own values central
　　C) It is ethnocentric
　　D) It is overly general.