Sample Questions

· How does the author disprove the idea of individualism versus collectivism ?

· Which of the following statements would the author most likely support?

(1) “The operationalization of individualism/collectivism assumes a high degree of cultural homogeneity of the surveyed countries across geographical regions and across different life domains.

(2) The operationalization of cultural dimensions ignores the fact that different cultural values and practices may be internalized by people to different degrees, thus demonstrating high interpersonal variation in their endorsement.

(3) Measuring culture-related constructs to average individuals’ scores on an individualism–collectivism self-report scale, across samples taken from different countries is wrong.

· The author would be LEAST likely to agree with which of the following statements?

A. Culture can be described as the property of a single nation.

B. Hofstede’s “cultural dimensions” are all the rigid and universal fixed sets of polar attributes that several scholars are still using in their intercultural research.

C. “Anthropologists began to appreciate the artificial nature of their notion of ‘cultures’ as distinct, bounded units harbouring culturally identical citizens….

· The tone of the passage could best be described as (choose the right words): objective, optimistic, angry, humorous, critical, threatening, neutral.

· Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

Too specific. Chaotic. Too general. Logically structured. Incorrect.

Irrelevant. Correct. Not clear. Well organized.

The attitude of the author could best be described as

(A) objective

(B) optimistic

(D) humorous

· Single out samples of contrast in the first pragraph. How do they predetermine the ongoing narration?

· Find out most characteristic lines that best summarize the author's attitude.

· What is the author's main point in the passage?

· What is the main topic of this passage?

· What is the main idea of the passage?

· What does the passage mainly discuss?

· Why did the author write this passage?

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