Results. The score is the number of opposites correctly written. The norms are shown in Figure [XIV].

OPPOSITES—LIST NO. 1OPPOSITES—LIST NO. 2
good big rich out sick hot long wet yes high hard sweet clean sharp fast black old up thick quick pretty heavy late wrong smooth strong dark dead wide empty above north laugh man before winter ripe night open first over love come east top wise front girl sad fat strong deep lazy seldom thin soft many valuable gloomy rude dark rough pretty high foolish present glad strange wrong quickly black good fast clean tall hot long wet fierce great dead cloudy hard bright fine plain sharp late sour wide drunk tight empty sick friend above loud war in yes
  1. good
  2. big
  3. rich
  4. out
  5. sick
  6. hot
  7. long
  8. wet
  9. yes
  10. high
  11. hard
  12. sweet
  13. clean
  14. sharp
  15. fast
  16. black
  17. old
  18. up
  19. thick
  20. quick
  21. pretty
  22. heavy
  23. late
  24. wrong
  25. smooth
  26. strong
  27. dark
  28. dead
  29. wide
  30. empty
  31. above
  32. north
  33. laugh
  34. man
  35. before
  36. winter
  37. ripe
  38. night
  39. open
  40. first
  41. over
  42. love
  43. come
  44. east
  45. top
  46. wise
  47. front
  48. girl
  49. sad
  50. fat
  1. strong
  2. deep
  3. lazy
  4. seldom
  5. thin
  6. soft
  7. many
  8. valuable
  9. gloomy
  10. rude
  11. dark
  12. rough
  13. pretty
  14. high
  15. foolish
  16. present
  17. glad
  18. strange
  19. wrong
  20. quickly
  21. black
  22. good
  23. fast
  24. clean
  25. tall
  26. hot
  27. long
  28. wet
  29. fierce
  30. great
  31. dead
  32. cloudy
  33. hard
  34. bright
  35. fine
  36. plain
  37. sharp
  38. late
  39. sour
  40. wide
  41. drunk
  42. tight
  43. empty
  44. sick
  45. friend
  46. above
  47. loud
  48. war
  49. in
  50. yes

The Word-Building Test

Object. This is a test of a certain type of inventiveness, namely linguistic invention. Specifically, it tests the pupil’s ability to construct words using certain prescribed letters.

Figure XV—Word-Building Test

Method. The pupils are given the letters, a, e, o, m, n, r, and told to make as many words as possible using only these letters. Give the following instructions: