Linguistic knowledge leads to higher intercultural competence because:

a. it is the first step everyone needs to take to learn about intercultural communication.
b. we cannot communicate with people from different cultures if the interaction is not conducted in their first language.
c. knowing the difficulty of learning a second language us develop empathy for individuals who face challenges in new cultural contexts.
d. fluency in a foreign language increases tolerance for ambiguity.

Which lines in this excerpt from act iv of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Consider the role of dr. kenny in the novel. how does rukmani feel about him, and what theme is represented by their interactions? respond in at least 150 words.