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For each of the following questions, make a note of
which of the two alternatives you agree with the most:
| 17. |
a) In the long run the bad things that happen
to us are balanced by the good ones. |
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b) Most misfortunes are the result of lack of
ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three. |
| 18. |
a) With enough effort we can wipe out political
corruption. |
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b) It is difficult for people to have much control
over the things politicians do in office. |
| 19. |
a) Sometimes I can't understand how teachers arrive
at the grades they give. |
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b) There is a direct connection between how hard
I study and the grades I get. |
| 20. |
a) Many times I feel that I have little influence
over the things that happen to me. |
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b) It is impossible for me to believe that chance
or luck plays an important role in my life. |
| 21. |
a) People are lonely because they don't try to
be friendly. |
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b) There's not much use in trying too hard to
please people; if they like you, they like you.
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| 22. |
a) What happens to me is my own doing. |
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b) Sometimes I feel that I don't have enough control
over the direction my life is taking. |
| 23. |
a) Most of the time I can't understand why politicians
behave the way they do. |
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b) In the long run the people are responsible
for bad government on a national as well as on a
local level. |
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