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