Exercises A friendship Quiz: Where do you sit on the scale of friendship? Are you a good friend or something else? Take the following quiz and find out your understanding of friendship. 1. You’re working on your mid-term project. Your friend drops in and expects you to go to the mall with her. You will ________. A. go with her immediately. B. Explain you are working on the project and ask her to go with someone else. 2. What do you think of friendship? A. A true friendship is a relationship that endures through life changes. B. Friends will change over life changes. One may have different friends in different periods of his/her life. 3. When your friend is struggling with some difficult issue, you would _________. A. give him/her some concrete help. B. give him/her emotional support. 4. Your friend’s new boyfriend is a total dweeb. What would you say when she asks what you think of him? A. Tell her the truth, even if it is mean. B. Give no comment and tell her to get to him better. Keys If you have chosen a lot of As, it is likely you have a traditional Chinese understanding on friendship. If you have chosen many Bs, then you have an American view on friendship. In America, there are limits to what you can expect from a friend. Westerners prefer to be independent rather than dependent,so they do not feel comfortable in a relationship in which one person is giving more and the other is dependent on what is being given.