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Posted: 17 years ago

Are you aware of what makes you tick or are you confused about yourself? This test will help you in discovering how well you know yourself.

This is not a timed test. The options are mentioned; please check the option closest to your answer. Do not leave any question unanswered.

Some friends ask you to look after their cat while they go on holiday for a week. You are not fond of pets. How do you respond?

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< = value=453 name=q_choice_id_281>	Say that you'd love to, but remind them what you are like with animals.
< = value=454 name=q_choice_id_281>	After a few moans and groans say that you'll do it.
< = value=455 name=q_choice_id_281>	Say that you've made a rule not to look after pets, and that you apply that rule equally to all your friends.

A friend you believed to he close suddenly breaks off all communication for no apparent reason. You are puzzled and phone and write but get no reply. What do you do?

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< = value=456 name=q_choice_id_282>	Reason that a true friend will get back in touch and wait for that to happen.
< = value=457 name=q_choice_id_282>	Continue writing and phoning, asking what's wrong and saying how upset you are at the lack of response.
< = value=458 name=q_choice_id_282>	Contact some mutual friends to try to get to the bottom of it.

A friend says you are looking under the weather and suggests you go to the doctor. How do you respond?

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< = value=459 name=q_choice_id_283>	Say OK, maybe it's for the best and that you have been feeling off-colour.
< = value=460 name=q_choice_id_283>	Say you'll go but that you're not expecting anything.
< = value=461 name=q_choice_id_283>	Ask what the point is when all they do is say the same old thing and send you off with some pills to swallow.

You suffer a number of setbacks at something you have been good at. How do you respond?

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< = value=462 name=q_choice_id_284>	Say to yourself that you must have 'lost it'.
< = value=463 name=q_choice_id_284>	Say to yourself that you haven't suddenly become poor at this overnight and that the knack will return.
< = value=464 name=q_choice_id_284>	Say to yourself that if only others would help you more, you could get back to where you were.

You meet a couple at a party you haven't seen for at least five years. The first thing they do is to make a personal remark about your appearance. How do you respond?

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< = value=465 name=q_choice_id_285>	Respond tit for tat with a personal remark.
< = value=466 name=q_choice_id_285>	Decide that they have blurted it out on account of being flustered, and let the remark pass.
< = value=467 name=q_choice_id_285>	Counter by saying to them that they always did make personal remarks and that nothing has changed.

Something you badly wanted fails to materialize. How do you respond?

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< = value=578 name=q_choice_id_286>	Say to yourself that there'll be other opportunities in the future.
< = value=579 name=q_choice_id_286>	Say to yourself that it wasn't meant to happen on this occasion.
< = value=580 name=q_choice_id_286>	Say to yourself that you shouldn't have set your heart on the thing in the first place.

A job comes up. For you to do it would be a bit of a stretch but someone you trust suggests that you put your name forward. How do you respond?

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< = value=581 name=q_choice_id_317>	Decide that you are not sure, and that you will have a better chance next time.
< = value=582 name=q_choice_id_317>	Decide that it's too much of a stretch and don't apply.
< = value=583 name=q_choice_id_317>	Say to yourself, 'Why not? What's the worst that could happen?' and put your name forward.

You fail in something that is quite new to you. How do you respond?

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Conclude that the odds were stacked against you.

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Tell yourself that you've learnt from the experience and that you'll know how to succeed next time.

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Tell yourself that you gave it your best shot.

A company offers you a free sample of a new product plus a larger amount of the product, which you can buy or return. How do you respond?

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< = value=587 name=q_choice_id_319>	Say there must be a catch and decline the offer.
< = value=588 name=q_choice_id_319>	Accept the offer and try the product.
< = value=589 name=q_choice_id_319>	Accept the offer then change your mind and send the product back untouched.

10.

Someone fails to turn up at a meeting with you for the second time. How do you do respond?

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< = value=590 name=q_choice_id_320>	Find a way of getting your own back — rearrange the meeting but don't turn up.
< = value=591 name=q_choice_id_320>	Give that person one more chance rearrange the meeting.
< = value=592 name=q_choice_id_320>	Drop that person from your life — don't rearrange the meeting.

11.

A certain professional tennis player is always talking about taking positives from his matches, even when he receives a thrashing. When you hear that kind of talk, how do you respond?

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< = value=593 name=q_choice_id_321>	Reason that he has to take what positives he can from his matches as long as he intends to play top tennis.
< = value=594 name=q_choice_id_321>	Decide that he is talking garbage — he's a loser.
< = value=595 name=q_choice_id_321>	Conclude that he's just trying to keep his spirits up after a heavy defeat.

12.

When you are thrown together with new people how do you typically respond?

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< = value=596 name=q_choice_id_322>	You're shy and say as little as possible.
< = value=597 name=q_choice_id_322>	You're wary and guarded and wait for people to approach you.
< = value=598 name=q_choice_id_322>	You're open and friendly unless something happens to change that.

13.

The invitation to a gathering says 'smart casual'. You are inclined to be smart but friends who are also going indicate that they will be dressing quite casually. What do you decide to do?

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< = value=599 name=q_choice_id_323>	Find an excuse not to go.
< = value=600 name=q_choice_id_323>	Dress quite casually so that you don't look any different from your friends.
< = value=601 name=q_choice_id_323>	Trust your own judgement — dress smartly.

14.

You start doing something because you like the idea of it, like learning a musical instrument. You find yourself struggling. How do you respond?

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< = value=602 name=q_choice_id_324>	Abandon what you are doing in favour of something you are likely to be good at.
< = value=603 name=q_choice_id_324>	Keep going regardless.
< = value=604 name=q_choice_id_324>	Find a new teacher.

15.

A friend asks you what you want out of life. How do you respond?

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< = value=605 name=q_choice_id_325>	Say, 'I pretty much always know what I want'.
< = value=606 name=q_choice_id_325>	Say, 'I'm never sure what I want'.
< = value=607 name=q_choice_id_325>	Say, 'Sometimes I know what I want, other times I'm not sure

16.

Think of some activities you find yourself doing even though you don't want to do them — maybe related to your job, a particular aspect of your job, or something in your spare time. When it is pointed out to you that you are doing these things although you don't want to, how do you respond?

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Say that you mean to do things differently from now on.

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Say that you intend to soldier on.

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Say that you are going to take stock of your position.

17.

Some friends keep telling you that you are a good cook and urge you to take it up professionally. This has never crossed your mind. You just think of yourself as a good cook, and have no illusions about your talent, How do you respond to what these friends have said to you?

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< = value=611 name=q_choice_id_327>	Stick to the 'day job' and continue giving pleasure to friends.
< = value=612 name=q_choice_id_327>	Spend time trying to work out what would be involved in quitting your job and becoming a cook.
< = value=613 name=q_choice_id_327>	Spend time getting together a collection of your recipes then send it to professional cooks and publishers.

18.

Think of a past achievement that, in the cold light of day, you might have to accept is now beyond you. When the subject of whether you could still do this comes up, how do you respond?

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< = value=614 name=q_choice_id_328>	Say to yourself, 'Why not? Why not me? Anyone can dream.'
< = value=615 name=q_choice_id_328>	Say to yourself that you are not ruling anything out.
< = value=616 name=q_choice_id_328>	Say to yourself that it is now definitely beyond you.

19.

Suppose you are given the choice of conventional or alternative medicine or both. How do you respond?

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< = value=617 name=q_choice_id_329>	Pick and mix according to what you think might be wrong with you.
< = value=618 name=q_choice_id_329>	Look seriously at alternative — maybe conventional has reached its limits.
< = value=619 name=q_choice_id_329>	Go for the conventional every time — alternative is for cranks.

20.

Chatting with new acquaintances, you are asked what you do in your spare time — how you (literallv!) take your mind off things. How do you respond?

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< = value=620 name=q_choice_id_330>	Say that you have one, maybe two different ways to relax.
< = value=621 name=q_choice_id_330>	Say that you have several different ways to relax.
< = value=622 name=q_choice_id_330>	Say that you find it hard to relax.

21.

There was a film with Arnold Schwarzenegger as a pregnant man. How do you respond to that?

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< = value=623 name=q_choice_id_331>	Great off-the-wall idea having a male actor pregnant, especially Arnie.
< = value=624 name=q_choice_id_331>	It's just another gimmicky vehicle for Arnie.
< = value=625 name=q_choice_id_331>	Don't buy the premise; it's just nor believable.

22.

A newspaper columnist asserts that everyday superstitions like not walking under a ladder and throwing a pinch of salt over your left shoulder are childlike and ridiculous. Would you:

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< = value=626 name=q_choice_id_332>	Do both of those mentioned, and one or two others?
< = value=627 name=q_choice_id_332>	Do lots of things like that, because you don't regard them as superstitions?
< = value=628 name=q_choice_id_332>	Do none of those, nor would you ever?

23.

Being creative means making things: words, music, objects. A survey question asks how much of your spare time you spend being creative. How do you respond?

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< = value=629 name=q_choice_id_333>	Say that making things dominates your waking time.
< = value=630 name=q_choice_id_333>	Say that you spend a little time, here and there, being creative.
< = value=631 name=q_choice_id_333>	Say that you never do anything creative.

24.

A talking point is whether it is absurd for scientists to believe in God. Where do you stand?

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< = value=632 name=q_choice_id_334>	Disagree on the grounds that until the origins of life are established beyond doubt (which will never happen), the existence of God cannot be ruled our.
< = value=633 name=q_choice_id_334>	Agree with the view that science is rational and that anything else is superstition.
< = value=634 name=q_choice_id_334>	State that you are undecided and that you like to think you are rational but have a spiritual side.