Culture Shock: Post-reading Exercise

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The four basic stages of culture shock are:
1. honeymoon, rehearsal, memorization, return
2. honeymoon, rejection, adjustment, at ease at last
3. honeymoon, rejection, reverse, at ease at last
4. honeymoon, rehearsal, rejection, at ease at last
What is the mysterious fifth stage of culture shock called?
1. rehearsal culture shock
2. reverse culture shock
3. foreign culture shock
4. unknown culture shock
Why would people in the second stage of culture shock choose to spend all their time with people from their homeland?
1. They are afraid to risk being uncomfortable with strangers and it is easier to stay with people from their own culture.
2. They are afraid of skin diseases and want to hide from contact with foreigners.
3. They feel that they can learn the new language by themselves and don't need contact with people from the new culture.
4. They are only interested in going home.