Name: Khamaruzzaman

IDENTITY TEST

This test is a survey questionnaire.

There are no right and wrong answers.
For each of the following questions, mark the answer that best describes or suits
you.
If none of the answers (a, b, or c) fits, d in most cases is left blank for you. Fill it
out with your own answer.

1. Which statement is closer to your self-perception?

a. I’m my own person.
b. I’m one of my people.
c. I’m one of many but I feel like I want to be my own person.
d.

2. When it comes to discussing an issue in class, you

a. feel you should speak up only if your idea is unique or different from the others
b. feel you should speak up to voice your opinion personally and to show that
you are involved in the discussion
c. prefer not to speak up but to join the opinion of the majority, and if asked, you
would voice your agreement
d.

3. If you are experiencing stress or emotional problems, you would seek help
from
a. a psychoanalyst or psychologist
b. your parents or family
c. your friends or colleagues
d.

4. If you need to take an important decision concerning your personal life

(choosing a career, getting married, moving to another place to live), you would
a. ask your parents or family for advice
b. ask your friends for advice
c. decide it on your own without asking anyone for advice
d.
5. Would you publicly support your people (family members / a group of friends
at a public discussion or a group of people from your university / city / country
at an international event) in case the views they publicly express are absolutely
different from your own?
a. Yes. Always.
b. No. Never.
c. Probably, yes. Because they are my people.
d.

6. In case you feel you are going to fail at an exam, you will
a. let go of the situation and rely on good luck
b. expect someone to help you pass (e.g. by prompting)
c. quit on your own initiative before failure is announced
d.

7. At an event in a meeting-room with people many of whom you do not know

well, you would
a. look for the people whom you know well and take a seat among them
b. take a seat closer to the chair person or the main speaker to have better
chances to speak up or to be noticed by the chair person
c. look for a seat among or closer to the people whom you do not know well but
want to get better acquainted with because they are important people
d.

8. Before entering a conference hall for a session which you attend as a

participant, you would
a. wait for other participants from your group to enter the hall together
b. not wait for other participants of your group but would follow the time
schedule and the agenda
c. ask your group leader in advance for the regulations about entering the hall
d.

9. Imagine you are one of special guest-speakers at a conference. When a lunch-

break is announced in the conference procedures and participants are invited to
a self-service cafeteria, you would
a. get in line (queue up) with all other guests, pick up food from the self-service
counter and then look for a free space (table, seat) to eat
b. ask about or look for special arrangements for special guests
c. look for people whom you know in the line (queue) and join them
d.

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10. What does the concept of “patriotism” mean to you?
a. love for your nation-state with its history, culture, language, etc.
b. caring love for your people and close bonds with your land as your Home
c. readiness to serve for your country and sacrifice if necessary
d. My own answer is that Patriotism, to me, means a combination of a caring
love for my people, a connection to the land as home, and a readiness to
contribute positively to my country when necessary.

11. When your friend does something you strongly disapprove of, you
a. break off the relationship
b. tell your friend how you feel but keep in touch
c. tell yourself that it doesn’t really matter and behave as you always have
d.

12. If someone in your group or team is doing wrong (against the rules or
institutional norms), you would
a. accept it as possible and find personal explanations for the wrongdoing
b. reject it and report the wrongdoing to the authorities
c. avoid or reject the person but will not report the wrongdoing to the authorities
d.

13. If you are a boss, and you have to decide on the type of office for your
company, you would rather choose
a. an open-space office for your staff members with your working place among
them
b. an open-space office for your staff members with your working place separated
from them by glass walls
c. a closed-space office system with the staff members in departmental offices
behind closed doors and your special office with a secretary or assistant
d.

14. If you are a University administrator, and you have to make arrangements in
your new campus, you would
a. make the stairways, elevators, cloakrooms, canteens, bathrooms for staff
members and for students separately
b. make all the facilities (stairways, elevators, cloakrooms, canteens,
bathrooms) common for staff members and students
c. make common stairways, elevators, cloakrooms, canteens for staff members
and students but separate bathrooms
d.

15. Which is more appropriate for you and seems more logical or natural?

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a. Women are more focused on family and children, while men are focused on
professional achievements and provide for material stability.
b. Both men and women take care of their children and family, do household
chores, and develop professional careers.
c. Both men and women take care of their children and family, do household
chores, and develop professional careers but still there are areas in private and
professional life that are more appropriate for men and more natural for
women.
d. None of the above

16. When a male colleague invites a female colleague to have lunch together,
you would take it for granted if
a. he pays for her meal because he is a man
b. he pays for her meal because it was he who invited her for lunch
c. they pay for their meals separately (split the bill)
d.

17. You joined a student mobility program. You are staying in a university dorm
away from your home country. You are sharing your room with 3 other students
from different cultures. Which of them is closer to you?
a. A is a workaholic (studying hard and working part-time), spends little on food,
cuts on entertainment, saving money for later
b. B is a heavy spender, never misses a chance to visit a new place, never saves on
food or entertainment, believing that new experience in a different country
deserves it
c. C is very selective in spending, does not spend more than can afford, and if
you buy some drink or snack for C, C would immediately pay back or reciprocate
d. None

18. What is more appropriate for you when you go on holiday (take vacations)?
a. Spending on food, drinks, sightseeing, entertainment, souvenirs as much as you
can
b. Budgeting your expenses in advance, sticking to your budget, and never
exceeding the limit
c. Budgeting your expenses in advance but when faced with something unique,
exclusive, or tempting, you would not hesitate to spend on that
d.

19. Imagine that for your academic mobility program you can choose one of the
countries (as cultures) to stay in for 12 months. Which one suits you best?
a. a society with clear-cut rules of behavior, discipline, and order
b. a multicultural society with plurality of thinking and diversity in behaviors

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c. a society with universal tolerance, freedom of expression, and no strict rules
d. none of the above

20. Which statement do you agree with most?

a. What is absolutely different from the state of things in my culture is dangerous.
b. What is absolutely different from the state of things in my culture is curious.
c. What is absolutely different from the state of things in my culture is just
strange.
d. You agree with none of the above