Six Types of Intelligence Test - the question form
Questions: 111 · 21 minute
1. Do you usually think in words more than in images or sensations?
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2. Do you enjoy playing with words when speaking or writing (e.g., tongue twisters, funny rhymes, double meanings, alliteration, puns)?
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3. Did you get better grades in language and history than in mathematics and the exact sciences?
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4. Have you kept a diary or any kind of journal?
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5. Do you enjoy having an interesting conversation or defending your point of view?
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6. Do you like telling jokes, funny stories, or making jokes?
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7. Do you carry a notebook or voice recorder with you to occasionally record important thoughts?
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8. Do you listen to audiobooks while driving?
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9. Do you often get absorbed in a magazine, newspaper, or book?
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10. Do you enjoy giving presentations or taking part in trade fairs or seminars?
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11. Do you have a habit of reading labels on boxes or product packaging, or old magazines in waiting rooms?
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12. Do you enjoy writing reports, articles, brochures, or memos?
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13. Are you curious about the meaning or origin of words, phrases, names, or common expressions?
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14. Do you hear the words in your head before you say them?
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15. Do you enjoy skillfully using sounds, intonation, and word choice, in the same way that other people enjoy watching sunsets and mountain scenery?
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16. Do you enjoy attending seminars, symposiums, or lectures by a particularly gifted speaker?
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17. Do you spend time playing word games such as Scrabble, hangman, anagrams, and crossword puzzles?
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18. Do you think your spelling knowledge is better than that of most people you know?
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19. Do you tend to write poems, plays, short stories, novels, or nonfiction books?
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20. Do you spend time using word processing software or browsing the Internet?
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21. Do you have vivid, realistic daydreams and dreams at night?
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22. Do you enjoy drawing or doodling funny figures?
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23. You rarely go through a day without stopping to notice something beautiful in the world around you (a sunset-colored sky, a flower in bloom, a vivid scene).
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24. When you think, do you tend to see pictures and images rather than hear words in your head?
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25. Do you like to do things with your hands, such as tinkering with cars and household appliances?
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26. Are you interested in how different mechanisms work?
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27. Do you easily remember the exact shape and size of objects?
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28. Do you enjoy studying information presented in posters, charts, and diagrams?
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29. Do you pick up on visual cues quickly?
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30. As a child, did you spend hours playing with construction sets or assembling 3D mosaics?
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31. Do you form mental images of events and people when you hear a verbal description or read about them?
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32. Do you rarely lose your way?
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33. Are you highly sensitive to colors?
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34. Do you enjoy relaxing by doing jigsaw puzzles, mazes, optical illusions, or other visual puzzles?
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35. At school, did you find geometry easier than algebra?
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36. Can you, without much effort, imagine what an object would look like from above (a bird's-eye view)?
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37. Do you enjoy putting together a short slideshow from your vacation photos, filming family gatherings, or keeping a photo album of relatives and loved ones?
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38. Do you create charts and graphs for business presentations?
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39. Do you like visiting art galleries and museums, or watching films?
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40. Do you read color newspapers and browse richly illustrated magazines such as Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, or People?
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41. Do you do crossword puzzles?
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42. Do you usually do mental arithmetic quickly, even with large numbers?
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43. Do you easily notice logical flaws in advertising, political arguments, or people’s explanations?
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44. Are you consistently interested in science, world events, other people’s behavior, business, the natural world?
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45. Do you check a page each morning with updates on the stock market or science?
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46. Do you enjoy facing—and successfully solving—problems that others find too difficult?
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47. In your free time, do you relax by playing computer strategy or role-playing games, or by doing puzzle books?
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48. Did you have higher grades in mathematics and the exact sciences than in language and history?
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49. Do you enjoy trying small “what if?” experiments (for example, making a small change and seeing what happens)?
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50. Do you find ways to make things work or put together a temporary fix, often using unexpected materials?
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51. Do you believe that everything has a logical, rational explanation, if you spend enough time to find it?
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52. Do you enjoy visiting planetariums, aquariums, museums, and other educational places?
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53. Do you feel more comfortable with things when they can be verified, evaluated, and explained in detail?
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54. Do you subscribe to "Discover", "Archeology", "Forbes", "Nation", or other publications that stimulate thinking?
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55. Do you carry a calculator in your bag, purse, or jacket pocket?
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56. Do you prefer entertaining yourself and your friends with logical paradoxes rather than jokes and puns?
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57. As a child, did you ask for a chemistry set and a telescope as birthday gifts?
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58. Do you write clear, detailed instructions to achieve any goal or complete even the most complex tasks?
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59. Do you experience a constant flow of original ideas related to what you encounter or learn about during the day?
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60. From time to time, do you have a sudden "flash" of insight when you find the answer to a problem that has been troubling you for a long time?
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61. After watching a bad TV show or a boring movie, do you think you could have directed it much better yourself?
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62. Do you adapt easily to changing circumstances and a new job?
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63. Do you often fantasize and daydream, imagining yourself in different real-life and imaginary situations?
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64. In school, did you get top grades for essay writing, drama classes, and art?
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65. Do you enjoy learning new skills and hobbies, and discovering new facts, philosophical ideas, cultural perspectives, and points of view?
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66. After hearing the first few words (or notes), do you intuitively know how a new song will continue, or after reading a few pages of a book, do you know how it will end?
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67. Do you see ways to organize things differently to improve them?
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68. Do you have an inclination or calling related to the arts, from an interest in literature and painting to amateur theatre, going to the cinema, or visiting museums?
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69. Do you dress in bright or stylish clothes?
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70. Do you make mistakes more often than others because you are always willing to take risks to try new things?
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71. Do you experience deeper emotions than other people?
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72. Do you ask questions that challenge commonly accepted beliefs and traditional ways of doing things?
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73. Do you have vivid, colorful dreams that you remember when you wake up in the morning?
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74. Do you learn faster when you can handle a tool or device yourself and try doing something on your own, rather than listening to someone’s explanations, watching video instructions, or reading manuals?
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75. Do you go to the gym and regularly do physical exercise routines?
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76. Do you often act on a “gut” instinct—such as a real pain or a feeling of warmth in your stomach—that leads you to productive decisions and helps protect you from unwanted consequences?
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77. Do you have a talent for imitating other people's movements and manner of speaking?
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78. Do you feel restless or anxious if you have to sit or stand for a long time, or repeat the same action over and over?
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79. Do you work in a profession with a physical component (e.g., surgeon, carpenter, typesetter, mechanical engineer)?
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80. Do you enjoy working in the garden, doing home repairs, or building something in your backyard (for example, a barbecue area)?
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81. Do you subscribe to a sports channel and are you more likely to watch the Figure Skating World Championships, Olympic gymnastics, or a soccer match than a talk show or TV series?
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82. Do you come up with your best ideas when you are walking, jogging, cooking, painting the house, or mowing the lawn?
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83. Do you use gestures when speaking and move expressively when communicating with other people?
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84. Do you enjoy watching slapstick comedies (e.g., "Police Academy") or playing pranks on your friends?
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85. Do you often go on long hikes on weekends?
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86. Do you have symptoms of hyperactivity?
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87. Do you spend weekends doing athletic activities, such as playing tennis or golf, or training for a marathon?
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88. Do you perform very well in sports such as running, swimming, or soccer?
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89. Do you have physical grace and good coordination?
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90. Are you highly perceptive—able to sense other people’s mood easily, often from subtle physical cues, without needing words?
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91. Are you the kind of person that friends, family members, or colleagues turn to for advice and support?
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92. Do you prefer team games (e.g., bridge, volleyball, softball) over individual sports (e.g., running or swimming)?
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93. Are you tolerant of other people's mistakes and weaknesses?
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94. Are you willing to ask other people for advice and help when you need it?
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95. Do you rarely lose your cool, have outbursts, or lose control of yourself?
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96. Do you enjoy taking on the task of teaching something to a person or a group of people?
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97. Do you have a reputation as a leader and a good mediator?
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98. Do you rarely feel low and disappointed?
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99. Do you often develop your best ideas when you are talking with someone else?
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100. Do you feel comfortable around people you do not know and in crowds?
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101. Do you actively participate in volunteer organizations whose aim is to help other people?
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102. Do you freely express your feelings to adult men and women?
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103. Do you allow yourself to feel and express your emotions?
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104. Do you feel better after expressing yourself and releasing painful or negative emotions?
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105. Do you rarely feel irritated when someone expresses a viewpoint different from yours, or even when you are verbally attacked?
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106. Do you take your feelings into account when making important decisions?
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107. Were you popular at school and often invited to student councils or clubs?
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108. Do you work well with other people as part of a team?
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109. Do you understand well what the other members of the group are feeling, and are you always aware of their hidden feelings and relationships?
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110. Do you rarely waste time repeating past mistakes?
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111. Do you rarely feel envy or jealousy toward others?
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