YES MAYBE NO
1. Do you make thoughtless remarks or accusations which you later regret?
2. When others are getting rattled do you remain fairly composed?
3. Do you browse through railway timetables, directories
or dictionaries just for pleasure?
4. When asked to make a decision, would you be swayed
by your like or dislike of the personality involved?
5. Do you intend two or less children in your family
even though your health and income will permit more?
6. Do you get occasional twitches of your muscles,
when there is no logical reason for it?
7. Would you prefer to be in a position where you
did not have the responsibilities of making decisions?
8. Are your actions considered unpredictable by
other people?
9. Do you consider more money should be spent on
social security?
10. Do other people interest you very much?
11. Is your voice monotonous, rather than varied
in pitch?
12. Do you normally let the other person start the
conversation?
13. Are you readily interested in other people’s
conversations?
14. Would the idea of inflicting pain on game,
small animals or fish prevent you from hunting or fishing?
15. Are you often impulsive in your behaviour?
16. Do you speak slowly?
17. Are you usually concerned about the need to
protect your health?
18. Does an unexpected action cause your muscles
to twitch?
19. Are you normally considerate in your demands
on your employees, relatives or pupils?
20. Do you consider that you could give a valid
“snap judgement”?
21. Do your past failures still worry you?
22. Do you find yourself being extra-active for
periods lasting several days?
23. Do you resent the efforts of others to tell
you what to do?
24. Is it normally hard for you to “own up and take
the blame”?
25. Do you have a small circle of close friends,
rather than a large number of friends, speaking acquaintances?
26. Is your life a constant struggle for survival?
27. Do you often sing or whistle just for the fun
of it?
28. Are you considered warm-hearted by your friends?
29. Would you rather give orders than take them?
30. Do you enjoy telling people the latest scandal
about your associates?
31. Could you agree to “strict discipline”?
32. Would the idea of making a complete new start
cause you much concern?
33. Do you make efforts to get others to laugh and
smile?
34. Do you find it easy to express your emotions?
35. Do you refrain from complaining when the other
person is late for an appointment?
36. Are you sometimes considered by others a “spoilsport”?
37. Do you consider there are other people who
are definitely unfriendly toward you and work against you?
38. Would you admit you were wrong just to “keep
the peace”?
39. Do you have only a few people of whom you are
really fond?
40. Are you rarely happy, unless you have a special
reason?
41. Do you “circulate around” at a social gathering?
42. Do you take reasonable precaution to prevent
accidents?
43. Does the idea of talking in front of people
make you nervous?
44. If you saw an article in a shop obviously mistakenly
marked lower than its correct price, would you try to get it
at that price?
45. Do you often feel that people are looking at
you or talking about you behind your back?
46. Are you “always getting into trouble”?
47. Have you any particular hate or fear?
48. Do you prefer to be an onlooker rather than
participate in any active sport?
49. Do you find it easy to be impartial?
50. Have you a definitely set standard of courteous
behaviour in front of other members of your family?
51. Can you “start the ball rolling” at a social
gathering?
52. Would you “buy on credit” with the hope that
you can keep up the payments?
53. Do you get an after-reaction when something
unexpected such as an accident or other disturbing incident
takes place?
54. Do you consider the good of all concerned rather
than your own personal advantages?
55. When hearing a lecturer, do you sometimes experience
the idea that the speaker is referring entirely to you?
56. Does “external noise” rarely interfere with
your concentration?
57. Are you usually “up-to-date” on everyday affairs?
58. Can you confidently plan and work towards carrying
out an event in six months time?
59. Do you consider the modern “prisons without
bars” system doomed to failure?
60. Do you tend to be careless?
61. Do you ever get a “dreamlike” feeling toward
life when it all seems unreal?
62. Do you speedily recover from the effects of
bad news?
63. When you criticise— do you at the same time
try to encourage?
64. Are you normally considered “cold”?
65. Are your opinions insufficiently important to
tell other people?
66. Are you so self-assured that it sometimes annoys
others?
67. Do you keep “close contact” on articles of yours
which you have loaned to friends?
68. Do you enjoy activities of your own choosing?
69. Does emotional music have quite an effect on
you?
70. Do you completely condemn a person because he
is a rival or opponent in some aspect of your relations with
him?
71. Do you often “sit and think” about death, sickness,
pain and sorrow?
72. Are you perturbed at the idea of loss of dignity?
73. Are you always collecting things which “might
be useful”?
74. Would you criticise faults and point out the
bad points on someone else’s character or handiwork?
75. Are you openly appreciative of beautiful things?
76. Do you sometimes give away articles which strictly
speaking do not belong to you?
77. Do you greet people effusively?
78. Do you often ponder on previous misfortunes?
79. Are you sometimes considered forceful in your
actions or opinions?
80. Do you accept criticism easily and without resentment?
81. Are you usually undisturbed by “noises of” when
you are trying to rest?
82. Are you likely to be jealous?
83. Do you tend to put off doing things and then
discover it is too late?
84. Do you prefer to abide by the wishes of others
rather than seek to have your own way?
85. Do you find it easy to get yourself started
on a project?
86. Do you bite your fingernails or chew the end
of your pencil?
87. Do you “turn up the volume” of your emotions
just to create an effect?
88. If we were invading another country, would you
feel sympathetic towards conscientious objectors in this country?
89. Are there some things about yourself on which
you are touchy?
90. Do you have few interests and activities that
are your own choice?
91. Do you ever get a single thought which hangs
around for days?
92. Are you a slow eater?
93. Can you be a stabilising influence when others
get panicky?
94. Would you stop and find out whether a person
needed help even though they had not directly asked you for
it?
95. Are you prejudiced in favour of your own school,
college, club or team, etc.?
96. Do you pay your debts and keep your promises
when it is possible?
97. Do you sleep well?
98. Would you use corporal punishment on a child
aged ten if it refused to obey you?
99. Do you prefer to take a passive role in any
club or organisation to which you belong?
100. Are you logical and scientific in your thinking?
101. Does the youth of today have more opportunity
than that of a generation ago?
102. Do you throw things away only to discover that
you need them later?
103. Would you give up easily on a given course
if it were causing you a considerable amount of inconvenience?
104. Do you “wax enthusiastic” about only a few
subjects?
105. Do you rarely suspect the actions of others?
106. Do you sometimes wonder if anyone really cares
about you?
107. Do you turn down responsibility because you
doubt your fitness to cope?
108. Do you sometimes feel compelled to repeat
some interesting item or tidbit?
109. Do you tend to exaggerate a justifiable grievance?
110. Is your facial expression varied rather than
set?
111. Do you usually need to justify or back up an
opinion once stated?
112. Do you openly and sincerely admire beauty in
other people?
113. Would it take a definite effort on your part
to consider the subject of suicide?
114. Would you consider yourself energetic in your
atitude toward life?
115. Would a disagreement affect your general relationship
with another person?
116. Does a minor failure on your part rarely trouble
you?
117. Do you sometimes feel that you talk too much?
118. Do you smile much?
119. Are you easily pleased?
120. When met with direct opposition would you still
seek to have your own way rather than give in?
121. Provided the distance were not too great, would
you still prefer to ride rather than walk?
122. Do you ever get disturbed by the noise of the
wind or a “house settling down”?
123. Is your opinion influenced by looking at things
from the standpoint of your experiences, occupation or training?
124. Do you often make tactless blunders?
125. Are you suspicious of people who ask to borrow
money from you?
126. Are your decisions swayed by personal interests?
127. Can you get quite enthusiastic over “some simple
little thing”?
128. Do you frequently take action even though
you know your own good judgement would indicate otherwise?
129. Are you in favour of colour bar and class
distinction?
130. Are you aware of any habitual physical mannerisms
such as pulling your hair, nose, ears, or such like?
131. Can you quickly adapt and make use of new conditions
and situations even though they may be difficult?
132. Do some noises “set your teeth on edge”?
133. Can you see the other fellow’s point of view
when you wish to?
134. Do you go to bed when you want to, rather than
“by the clock”?
135. Do the “petty foibles” of others make you impatient?
136. Do children irritate you?
137. Are you less talkative than your associates?
138. Do you usually carry out assignments promptly
and systematically?
139. Would you assist a fellow traveller rather
than leave it to the officials?
140. When voting, do you vote the same party ticket
straight rather than studying the candidates and issues?
141. Do you frequently dwell on your past illnesses
or painful experiences?
142. Do you get very ill at ease in disordered surroundings?
143. Do you usually criticise a film or show that
you see or a book that you read?
144. When recounting some amusing incident can you
easily imitate the mannerisms or the dialect in the original
incident?
145. In subjects about which you are not expert,
are your own ideas of sufficient importance as to tell others?
146. Do you have a tendency to tidy up a disorder
of somebody else’s household?
147. Can you accept defeat easily without the necessity
of “swallowing your disappointment”?
148. Do you often feel depressed?
149. Are you ever ill at ease in the company of
children?
150. Do you get frustrated at not being able to
do something rather than finding a substitute activity or system?
151. Are you sometimes completely unable to enter
the spirit of things?
152. Do you rarely express your grievances?
153. Do you work in “spurts,” being relatively inactive
and then furiously active for a day or two?
154. Does the number of uncompleted jobs you have
on hand bother you?
155. Do people enjoy being in your company?
156. Could you allow someone to finish those “final
two words” in a crossword puzzle without interfering?
157. Do you consider the best points of most people
and only rarely speak slightingly of them?
158. Do you laugh or smile quite readily?
159. Are you definite and emphatic in voice and
manner?
160. Are you effusive only to close friends if
at all?
161. Are your interests and fields of knowledge
so important as to give little time for anything else?
162. Would you like to “start a new activity” in
the area in which you live?
163. Would you make the necessary actions to kill
an animal in order to put it out of pain?
164. Is it easy for you to relax?
165. Do you have little regret on past misfortunes
and failures?
166. Does the idea of fear or apprehension give
you a physical reaction?
167. Can you trust the decision of your judgement
in an emotional situation in which you are involved?
168. Could someone else consider that you were really
active?
169. Do you find it hard to get started on a task
that needs to be done?
170. Are you opposed to the “probation system” for
criminals?
171. Do you spend much time on needless worries?
172. In a disagreement do you find it hard to understand
how the other person fails to see your side, and thus agree
with you?
173. Do you cope with everyday problems of living
quite well?
174. Are you usually truthful to others?
175. Would you rather “wait for something to happen”
as opposed to you causing it?
176. Do you spend too freely in relation to your
income?
177. Can you take a “calculated risk” without too
much worry?
178. If you were involved in a slight car accident,
would you really take the trouble to see that any damage you
did was made good?
179. Do others push you around?
180. Do you make allowances for your friends where
with others you might judge more severely?
181. Do you often ponder over your own inferiority?
182. Do people criticise you to others?
183. Are you embarrassed by a hearty greeting such
as a kiss, hug, or pat on the back, if done in public?
184. Do you frequently not do something you want
to do because of other people’s desires?
185. Are you sometimes convinced of the correctness
of your opinions about a subject even though you are not an
expert?
186. Do you often find yourself “going off in all
directions at once”?
187. Do your acquaintances seem to think more of
your abilities than you do?
188. Is the idea of death or even reminders of death
abhorrent to you?
189. Having settled an argument out do you continue
to feel disgruntled for a while?
190. Are you friendly in voice, atitude and expression?
191. Does life seem rather vague and unreal to you?
192. Do you often feel upset about the fate of war
victims and political refugees?
193. Do “mere acquaintances” appeal to you for aid
or advice in their personal difficulties?
194. If you lose an article, do you get the idea
that “someone must have stolen or mislaid it”?
195. If you thought that someone was suspicious
of you and your actions, would you tackle them on the subject
rather than leaving them to work it out?
196. Do you sometimes feel that your age is against
you (too young or too old)?
197. Do you have spells of being sad and depressed
for no apparent reason?
198. Do you do much grumbling about conditions you
have to face in life?
199. Do you tend to hide your feelings?
200. Do you consider you have many warm friends?
