If both lists are given, 30 satisfactory definitions are required; if only one list is given, the requirement is 15.
2. Absurdities
"I am going to read a sentence which has something foolish in it, some nonsense. Listen carefully and tell me what is foolish about it." After reading say, "What is foolish about that?" Give sentences twice if necessary, repeating exactly. If response is ambiguous, ask S. what he means.
(a) A man said: "I know a road from my house to the city which is down hill all the way to the city and down hill all the way back home."
(b) An engineer said that the more cars he had on his train the faster he could go.
(c) Yesterday the police found the body of a girl cut into 18 pieces. They believe that she killed herself.
(d) There was a railroad accident yesterday, but it was not very serious. Only 48 people were killed.
(e) A bicycle rider, being thrown from his bicycle in an accident, struck his head against a stone and was instantly killed. They picked him up and carried him to the hospital, and they do not think he will get well again.
Credit if four responses out of five are satisfactory. (See The Measurement of Intelligence, pp. 256-58.)
3. Drawing Designs from Memory