Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use ItTrabue, Marion Rex
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Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It
Trabue, Marion Rex
Educational tests and measurements; Intelligence tests; Psychological tests
10. Because the world has all sorts of work that must be done, or it
makes possible the adjustment of people to the different tasks to
be done.
11. Much of it would be poorly done.
12. The difficulty of the task.
13. Discontentment and unhappiness.
14. “Expeditiously” suggests a lack of economy in time and money.
15. Intellectual measurements.
16. The consummation of the science of personnel engineering.
_MENTIMETER NO. 22_: Disarranged Sentences.
The most frequent arrangement of the words in each sentence is indicated
below by the last word. Any other arrangement of these words which
produces a perfectly logical and grammatical sentence may be accepted.
Very few sentences will be found that are not already provided for in
the concluding words listed below.
1. WHITE.
2. ROBIN. BIRD.
3. WATER.
4. HOUSES.
5. WITH.
6. WEST.
7. COUNTRY.
8. COLDEST.
9. FOOD.
10. EARTH.
11. FOOD. VALUABLE.
12. TREES.
13. GERMANY. ENGLAND. FRANCE.
14. PUNISHED.
15. OCEAN.
16. MISTAKES.
17. NIGHTS. SEEN.
18. CLOTHING. USEFUL.
19. DEBATERS.
20. WARFARE. POISONOUS.
21. DEGRADING. UNFORTUNATE.
22. CRIMES. BIGAMY. PERJURY.
23. PSYCHOLOGISTS.
24. STEALING.
25. FACT. OBSERVED. APPLIED.
_MENTIMETER NO. 23_: Completion of Sentences.
It is impossible for any one to make out a complete list of all the
possible completions of any group of twenty sentences such as those
included in this test. The list of completions given below is therefore
merely suggestive of the perfect sentences which may be made and is not
intended in any way to be exhaustive. Anything which is as good as the
completion listed below should be given full credit. Anything which is
not so satisfactory should not be given credit.
1. _Is_ or _was_.
2. _To._
3. _Gave_, or _gives_.
4. _Girl_ or _child_ in the first blank, and _to_ in the second blank.
5. _And_ in the first blank, with _dogs_ in the second blank.
6. _Have_, _make_ or _gain_.
7. _Not_ or _never_ in the first blank, with _parents_, _friends_, or
_sister_ in the second blank.
8. _Boy_, _man_ or _child_ in the first blank, with _fell_ in the
second blank.
9. _Is_ or _was_ in the first blank, with _to_ in the second blank,
and _windy_ in the third blank.
10. _Succeeds_ or _can_.
11. _Animal_ in the first blank, _his_ or _its_ in the second blank,
and _size_ in the third blank.
12. _Man_ in the first blank, with _carried_ or _carries_ in the second
blank, and _wore_ or _wears_ in the third blank.
13. _On_ in the first blank, _quenches_ in the second blank, _drink_ in
the third blank, and _cold_ or _pure_ in the fourth blank.
14. _Patriotism_ in the first blank, _waving_ or _carrying_ in the
second blank, _come_ or _go_ in the third blank, and _marching_
in the fourth blank.
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