What is the difference between
1. A bird and a fish? 2. A snake and a fly? 3. A pen and a pencil? 4. An eagle and a chicken? 5. A book and a magazine? 6. An orange and a lemon? 7. A teacher and a preacher? 8. Luck and pluck? 9. Stone and china? 10. A balloon and an airplane? 11. To plod and to plot? 12. To wither and to shrivel? 13. To surprise and to astonish? 14. Rash and reckless? 15. Lonely and solitary? 16. Sorrow and sadness? 17. Plutocrat and autocrat? 18. A rascal and a rogue? 19. To plunder and to devastate? 20. To relinquish and to resign? 21. Shrewd and sagacious? 22. Dormant and quiescent? 23. Reconstruction and rehabilitation? 24. Reparation and indemnity?
Directions for Scoring the Test.
The score in this test is the number of pairs of words between which the candidate gives at least one real difference. The differences which appear in Appendix D are suggestive of the type of differences which may be mentioned by the candidate, but the list there furnished is not complete. One should not assume that the candidate knows the difference between the two things for which the words stand until the candidate has described one real difference pretty clearly. Such answers as, “Oh, they are different, entirely different,” or “One is one thing and the other is something else” should not be considered as correct in any respect. The idea that the person knows a difference without being able to explain it should not influence in any way the judgment of the examiner. The difference must not only be known, but must be clearly expressed before credit is given for any pair.
The total score possible in this test is twenty-four points. The total score actually made by any candidate should be entered in the lower right-hand corner of the title page of the leaflet.
Scores from 0 to 4 indicate Inferior Ability
Scores from 5 to 9 indicate Low Average Ability
Scores from 10 to 16 indicate Average Ability
Scores from 17 to 20 indicate High Average Ability
Scores from 21 to 24 indicate Superior Ability.