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Consider the following pairs of statements. Choose the one from each pair with which you agree. As they've been picked to represent two extreme, opposing positions, it may be that you don't support either statement completely, but what's important is to choose the one you agree with the most.
Keep a record of your answers as you go along.
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a) Many of the unhappy things in people's lives
are partly due to bad luck. |
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b) People's misfortunes result from the mistakes
they make. |
| 2. |
a) One of the major reasons why we have wars is
because people don't take enough interest in politics.
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b) There will always be wars, no matter how hard
people try to prevent them. |
| 3. |
a) In the long run people get the respect they
deserve in this world |
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b) Unfortunately, an individual's worth often
passes unrecognised no matter how hard he tries |
| 4. |
a) The idea that teachers are unfair to students
is nonsense. |
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b) Most students don't realise the extent to which
their grades are influenced by accidental happenings.
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| 5. |
a) Without the right breaks one cannot be an effective
leader. |
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b) Capable people who fail to become leaders have
not taken advantage of their opportunities. |
| 6. |
a) No matter how hard you try some people just
don't like you. |
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b) People who can't get others to like them don't
understand how to get along with others. |
| 7. |
a) I have often found that what is going to happen
will happen. |
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b) Trusting to fate has never turned out as well
for me as making a decision to take a definite course
of action. |
| 8. |
a) In the case of the well prepared student there
is rarely, if ever, such a thing as an unfair test. |
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b) Many times exam questions tend to be so unrelated
to course work that studying is really useless.
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