Five-Part Personality Inventory

Do you use up more energy than the average person in getting things done?

Do you sometimes feel happy, sometimes depressed, without any apparent reason?

Do you prefer action to planning for action?

Do you get excited when you argue?

Are you inclined to be moody?

Now, can you relax easily when sitting or lying down?

Do you become so much absorbed in whatever you’re doing that you don’t like to be interrupted and have to change to something new?

Do you easily show it when you feel sympathy, delight, sorrow or anger?

And if you are feeling angry, sympathetic or jealous, do you sometimes do things that you regret later on?

Are you easily startled when things happen unexpectedly?

Would you rate yourself a lively individual?

Do you usually take the initiative in making new friends?

Are you sometimes bubbling over with energy and sometimes very sluggish?

Do you feel you can really enjoy yourself with friends when you have done your duty and finished whatever task you have in hand?

Do you remain outwardly calm when people around you are moved and excited?

Does your mind often wander when you are trying to concentrate?

Do you have frequent ups and downs in mood either with or without any apparent cause?

Before going on a trip do you always plan well in advance, decide how you’re going and what you’re going to do, and then feel reluctant to make changes?

Would you be very unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous social contacts?

Do you get so excited that you use your hands when you talk?

Are you easily upset when you’re disturbed in something you’re concentrating on?

Are you happiest in some scheme that calls for rapid action?

Do you ever get a lump in your throat when you read a sad story or see an emotional film?

Are you frequently lost in thought, even when you’re supposed to be taking part in a conversation?

Do you think a person who does not live up to the standards he sets himself does not deserve sympathy?

Do you always prefer the familiar, the safe and sure, to taking chances with the new and untried?

And do you have any habits like chewing pencils or biting fingernails or things like that?

Are you inclined to be quick and sure in your actions?

Finally, do you feel one should never take the second best and only buy the most solid or lasting things or else go without?