| Coverage : The Thank You Card Etiquette quiz is designed to test your knowledge of proper etiquette with regard to sending and receiving thank you cards.
The Thank You Card Etiquette Quiz questions are carefully crafted so you can gauge how much you really know about the dos and don'ts of thank you notes. |
| 1. | There is no wrong way to write a thank you note. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 2. | You should always send your thank you notes when? |
| a. | | Within 2 days of the event, or gift |
| b. | | As soon as you can |
| c. | | Within 2 weeks of the event, or gift |
| d. | | There is no time limit, but within 3 months for sure
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| 3. | For which situation is a thank you note nice, but NOT required? |
| a. | | After a job interview |
| b. | | To a host or hostess who had a party in your honor |
| c. | | For a gift you received through the mail |
| d. | | Gifts received during a hospital stay
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| 4. | If you don't like a gift you were given, it's OK to lie in the thank you note by playing up its virtues and saying you love it. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 5. | Although most thank you notes should be sent as soon as possible, and ideally within one week for non-wedding gifts, this rule can be broken when someone has been in the hospital. When should the former patient send a thank you note? |
| a. | | As soon as they leave the hospital, whether that's a day or 2 weeks later |
| b. | | While still in the hospital, after receiving the gift. Dictating the thank you note is perfectly OK |
| c. | | Within 2 weeks of leaving the hospital |
| d. | | As soon as the former patient is well enough to write the thank you notes
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| 6. | Who should a thank you note be addressed to? |
| a. | | Whoever signed the card |
| b. | | Whoever signed the card and other family members (like children) who might not be mentioned on the card |
| c. | | Whoever signed the card and any other family members who were present when you received the gift |
| d. | | Whoever you feel comfortable addressing it to; the important thing is to write the note
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| 7. | If you send a thank you note following a job interview, who should you address the note to? |
| a. | | To the person who interviewed you, and you can use their first name if a level of informality was achieved |
| b. | | To the person who interviewed you, and with a certain level of formality (ie., Mr. Jones) |
| c. | | To the person who interviewed you and the whole of the department |
| d. | | To the person who will be your boss if hired
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| 8. | What type of thank you notes are among the easiest to write? |
| a. | | Wedding gift thank you notes |
| b. | | Dinner party thank you notes |
| c. | | Birthday gift thank you notes |
| d. | | Baby shower thank you notes
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| 9. | This presidential hopeful carried a box of thank you cards with him on the campaign trail and after an event immediately penned thank you notes to volunteers and event workers. Many believe this helped him win the presidency. What president was this? |
| a. | | Bill Clinton |
| b. | | George H.Bush |
| c. | | George W. Bush |
| d. | | Ronald Reagan
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| 10. | If you receive flowers as a thank you gift from someone, how do you thank them for the flowers? |
| a. | | Send them a thank you note |
| b. | | Send them an email |
| c. | | Call |
| d. | | No thank you is necessary
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| 11. | What critical information should a thank you note include? |
| a. | | Mention of the specific gift |
| b. | | Who will use the gift |
| c. | | How the gift will be used |
| d. | | If the gift was money, mention of the specific dollar figure given
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| 12. | When someone sends you a particularly nice thank you note, you should call them to thank them for the note. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 13. | If you thank the giver of a gift in person when it's opened, how should you follow up with a more formal thank you? |
| a. | | Call them |
| b. | | Send a thank you note |
| c. | | An email is fine |
| d. | | No formal thank you is necessary if you gave a verbal thank you
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| 14. | Although everyday thank you notes can be sent on informal stationery, wedding thank you notes should be crafted with more elegant, formal stationery. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 15. | How should you address a thank you note to the host of a dinner party you attended? |
| a. | | Address it to the host |
| b. | | Address it to the host, but mention others in the house who might have helped with the party |
| c. | | Address the thank you note to everyone in the household |
| d. | | Be generic in your salutation since you don't know who exactly played a role in the dinner party
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