| 1. | Shows with scantily dressed performers should not be permitted. | A | R | D |
| 2. | No cultured person would ever use profanity. | A | R | D |
| 3. | The right to vote should be given to persons of 18 years of age. | A | R | D |
| 4. | No person except a law officer should be permitted to own a pistol. | A | R | D |
| 5. | No acceptable excuse can ever be made for suicide. | A | R | D |
| 6. | Children owe their parents more than their parents owe them. | A | R | D |
| 7. | Few people would be better off dead than alive. | A | R | D |
| 8. | Rich people are no happier than poor people. | A | R | D |
| 9. | Natural resources should belong to individuals rather than to the government. | A | R | D |
| 10. | Parents can decently support and educate two children in a city of 5000, with a total income of less than $200 per month. | A | R | D |
| 11. | Parents should be permitted to punish or whip their children. | A | R | D |
| 12. | Stealing cannot be excused on any grounds. | A | R | D |
| 13. | Anything injurious to the human body, such as tobacco, should be outlawed. | A | R | D |
| 14. | Highly intelligent people are just as happy as average people. | A | R | D |
| 15. | The average person needs more mathematics than the eighth grade provides. | A | R | D |
TRAIT III (Tranquillity)
Below is a list of the common annoyances which affect most people to some extent. Indicate your degree of annoyance for each of them by drawing a circle around M if it annoys you much, around S if it annoys you some, around L if it annoys you a little, and around N if it never annoys you.
| 1. | To have stop light turn red as you drive up to it. | M | S | L | N |
| 2. | To drop an article when you have your arms full. | M | S | L | N |
| 3. | To have to stand up in a streetcar or bus. | M | S | L | N |
| 4. | To have to talk when you don’t feel like it. | M | S | L | N |
| 5. | To be interrupted when reading a very interesting story. | M | S | L | N |
| 6. | To have a casual visitor outstay his welcome. | M | S | L | N |
| 7. | To be detained when you are in a hurry. | M | S | L | N |
| 8. | To listen to radio when static is bad. | M | S | L | N |
| 9. | To have someone break an engagement at the last minute. | M | S | L | N |
| 10. | To be interrupted when you are talking. | M | S | L | N |
| 11. | To have someone read over your shoulder. | M | S | L | N |
| 12. | To miss a streetcar or bus. | M | S | L | N |
| 13. | To have movie film break at an exciting point. | M | S | L | N |
| 14. | To burn your mouth or tongue with hot food or beverage. | M | S | L | N |
| 15. | To be accidentally locked out of your car or home. | M | S | L | N |
TRAIT IV (Dependability)
Of the statements below, draw a circle around T for the ones you believe to be usually true; draw a circle around D for the ones whose truth you doubt; and draw a circle around F for the ones usually false.
| 1. | Prohibition encouraged many people to drink who had never drunk before. | T | D | F |
| 2. | An unpopular person could often become popular by lowering his standards of conduct. | T | D | F |
| 3. | People who date a great deal before marriage often make poor marriage mates. | T | D | F |
| 4. | Students who are always taking the lead in class discussions are usually trying to get attention. | T | D | F |
| 5. | Policemen “bawl out” people largely to satisfy their own sense of importance. | T | D | F |
| 6. | People of high ideals usually have fewer friends than individuals whose ideals are not of the highest. | T | D | F |
| 7. | A person is often a failure because of very high ethics. | T | D | F |
| 8. | The very pretty girl with little ability often is more successful than the plain girl who has real ability. | T | D | F |
| 9. | What you know is not so important to success as whom you know. | T | D | F |
| 10. | Getting the breaks is more important to success than being well qualified. | T | D | F |
| 11. | Few employees would loaf on the job if they were paid sufficient wages. | T | D | F |
| 12. | Man is powerless in the hands of fate. | T | D | F |
| 13. | People often try to impress others by saying that they are very fond of “highbrow” music and books. | T | D | F |
| 14. | The law is harder on the poor man than on the rich man. | T | D | F |
| 15. | The good “bluffer” succeeds nearly as well as the person who can deliver the goods. | T | D | F |
TRAIT V (Stability)
Below is a list of the common fears that most people experience to some extent. Indicate your degree of fear for each of these things by drawing a circle around M if you would usually have considerable fear, around S if you would usually have some fear, around L if you would have a little fear, and around N if you would usually feel no fear.
| 1. | Being buried alive. | M | S | L | N |
| 2. | Being bitten by a snake while walking alone in the woods. | M | S | L | N |
| 3. | Being drowned at sea or while swimming. | M | S | L | N |
| 4. | Friends losing confidence in you because of untrue rumors. | M | S | L | N |
| 5. | Walking past graveyards alone late at night. | M | S | L | N |
| 6. | Having friends learn about your worst faults. | M | S | L | N |
| 7. | Touching mice, rats, worms, or lizards. | M | S | L | N |
| 8. | Losing your wife or sweetheart to somebody else. | M | S | L | N |
| 9. | Getting too deeply in debt or having financial misfortune. | M | S | L | N |
| 10. | Looking down from the edge of a precipice. | M | S | L | N |
| 11. | Being punished in the next world. | M | S | L | N |
| 12. | Elevator falling while descending from the top of a skyscraper. | M | S | L | N |
| 13. | Losing your mind or becoming insane. | M | S | L | N |
| 14. | Losing your eyesight. | M | S | L | N |
| 15. | Listening to radio horror story late at night while alone. | M | S | L | N |