Kinsey Scale Quiz

Example Questions From the Test

• 1Why might the original scale fit some nonbinary people’s experiences poorly?
  • It requires everyone to report an equal amount of attraction and behavior
  • It measures romantic attachment but excludes sexual experience entirely
  • Its heterosexual–homosexual continuum relies on binary sex or gender categories that may not map neatly onto their experiences
  • It provides separate ratings for every gender but does not combine them
• 2A person reports a predominantly same-sex pattern, but their different-sex experiences are recurring rather than merely incidental. Which rating fits best?
  • 3
  • 5
  • 4
  • 6
• 3In the original framework, what did the separate classification “X” signify?
  • No reported socio-sexual contacts or reactions
  • A person whose responses changed too often to receive a number
  • A person who was exclusively homosexual in attraction but not behavior
  • A person whose heterosexual and homosexual patterns were equal