Try this spirituality
and personality quiz and see how you do.
1. Do you prefer praying?
a) with others joining in
b) alone and in silence
2. At a party would you?
a) tend to talk with a few friends
b) try to speak with everybody
3. When the phone rings do
you?
a) rush to answer it
b) psych yourself up before answering
4. When reading scripture do
you usually:
a) like to study it analytically
b) let its stories play on your imagination
5. Which best expresses your
spiritual self- perception?
a) building bridges
b) sinking wells
6. Would you say you are by
instinct :
a) reserved
b) easy to approach
7. The shop counter is deserted. Do you:
a) wait patiently to be served
b) call for attention
8. Listening to one of the
stories in scripture, would you prefer to:
a) imagine yourself to be taking a part
in the
events
b) stay outside it and look for its meanings
9. At a bus stop do you normally:
a) avoid eye contact
b) make eye contact with others
10. Which would you choose
to do:
a) tell people about your faith
b) show people how you live your faith
11. Out clubbing do you:
a) leave early when your energy levels drop
b) stay late with increasing energy
12. ‘Next week we’ll
worship outside!’
a) Do you stay at home?
b) Turn up with a raincoat?
13. Do you volunteer for something:
a) before you know what’s involved?
b) wait to know all the details?
14. Do you feel your spirituality:
a) mostly comes from outside you
b) tends to be on the inside
15. When you see someone you
like, do you:
a) try to be noticed
b) rush to make contact
16. Going into worship do you:
a) stay at the back
b) walk to the front
17. Would you prefer to be
known:
a) for your actions?
b) for your words?
18. Do you prefer:
a) crowds because you can be anonymous?
b) small groups so you can stand out?
19. You pluck up courage to
learn a radically different expression of your spirituality:
a) do you opt for dance and movement?
b) how to keep a journal?
20. What would encourage you
to join a worshipping community?
a) the chance to meet new people and be in a
group
b) the opportunity of finding a place to be alone
before God
You have extrovert
tendencies if you have answered:
1a,2b,3a,5a,6b,7b,9b,10a,11b,12b,13a,14a,15b,16b,
18b,19b,
You have introvert tendencies
if you have answered:
1b,2a,3b,5b,6a,7a,9a,10b,11a,12a,13b,14b,15a,16a,
18a,19a,
Questions 4,8,17 & 20 could
go either way.
Remember the quiz
is just to give you a very rough idea of where you’re coming from.
