Chapter XXI: Appendix: D

CORRECT ANSWERS FOR MENTIMETER TESTS

The advantages of a carefully standardized test over an ordinary examination which any one might prepare for his own use are chiefly the characteristics implied in the word “standard.” A standard test is one which has been carefully prepared after extensive experience with similar tests; one which is made exact and objective by the most minute specifications as to how it shall be applied, marked, scored, and interpreted; and one on which many persons of varying degrees of proved ability have been tested and reported, for comparison with the results to be obtained later from testing other persons of undetermined degrees of ability. The purpose of this section of the appendix is to make definite and unmistakable the answers to the questions asked in the Mentimeter tests, in order that each reader may mark and interpret the results of these tests in exactly the same way, that is, in the “standard” way.

As was stated in the body of the discussion, each package of test booklets sold is accompanied by a “stencil” which fits over the pages of the printed test in such a manner as to bring the correct answer directly alongside the answer checked or written by the candidate examined, with the result that there is small opportunity for errors in the judgment of the persons marking the answers. If the word checked or written corresponds with the word or words printed on the stencil at that point, the question has been answered correctly, while if the word checked or written by the candidate is less applicable than the one appearing on the stencil, the response is to be marked incorrect. With the aid of the stencils the Mentimeter tests may be marked correctly by inexpensive clerical assistants in from one third to one tenth of the time that would be required for the same work by the most intelligent men working without the stencils.

No attempt has been made to print here an exhaustive list of correct answers to each question. The answers printed as correct are merely typical in most cases of the quality of replies that should be accepted. Anything as appropriate as or more appropriate than the printed answer may be given full credit, while anything less satisfactory is to be given no credit at all. To print here all of the correct answers to each question would take more pages than can be allowed for this section of the Appendix and would in many cases cause more confusion than clearness of thought. It is suggested that any question of right or wrong answers which is difficult to decide should be settled arbitrarily by the reader and that a note be kept of just how the matter was decided, in order that any later investigator may have the benefit of his judgment. In some of the tests new solutions will continually be appearing, even after it seems certain that all of the correct answers have been found and catalogued.

_MENTIMETER NO. 1_: Typical Performances of Young Children.

Success in this test is measured by performances in response to _situations_ created by the examiner to a much greater degree than by answers to _questions_ asked by the examiner. The directions themselves give the answers in most cases, and in the other cases the correct answers depend upon such facts as the name or sex of the individual being tested. No set of answers is printed here for these tests, therefore, since to do so would be to reprint exactly the directions appearing on pages 115 to 128, which the reader should consult carefully and even commit to memory before undertaking to apply the tests to any infants or young children.

_MENTIMETER NO. 2_: Pictorial Absurdities.

In order to receive credit the check mark on each picture should be placed in such a way as to indicate unmistakably the part of the picture which is incorrect—in such a way as to leave no doubt whatever as to the candidate’s having found and identified the incongruous element. The following are the elements that should be checked in each picture:

1. The front leg or foot.

2. The lower spout on the water pitcher.

3. The mouth on the forehead.

4. The horns (either one may be checked) on the horse’s head.

5. The candle on the right arm of the electric fixture.

6. The rat’s ears.

7. Either end of the spy-glass.

8. The next window to the rear on the third floor.

9. The postage stamp.

10. The sock used as a necktie.

11. The long stem of the lowest leaf.

12. The flag (flying in the opposite direction from the smoke and
weather vane).

13. Either of the lights on the Ford.

14. The left front foot.

15. The man between first and second base (third man from the right).

16. The space between 4 and 5.

17. The claw hammer with which the man is driving the spike.

18. Either of the five fingers of the right hand.

19. The driver (facing the tail).

20. The ball being played by the man at the right.

21. The incandescent electric bulb.

22. Either of the roller skates.

23. The knife in the man’s right hand.

24. Either of the counterbalance weights on the drivewheels.

_MENTIMETER NO. 3_: Maze Threading.

No list of correct answers can be printed for this test. The stencil provided with the test blanks shows exactly what the correct and most economical threading of each maze is, but the reader can find this solution for himself if he will take the time and make the effort. No credit should be given for any maze not completely traced or for any maze in which a printed line has been crossed. A candidate who has gotten into a “blind alley” but has retraced his way and ultimately been successful in getting through the maze should have full credit for that particular maze.

_MENTIMETER NO. 4_: Dot Pattern Correction.

Here again, the only way of giving the correct solution of each problem is by means of the transparent stencil furnished with each package of test blanks. That dot which can be “cut out” and still leave a perfectly symmetrical figure is the one which should be circled in each pattern. This is frequently at the very centre of the pattern, although the centre is not the correct one if by removing it the pattern is left unsymmetrical.

_MENTIMETER NO. 5_: Dividing Geometric Figures.

Only a transparent stencil can give a clear impression of the correct solution of each figure. In dividing a circle into two equal parts it makes no difference in what direction the diameter is run—in other words, any correct solution should be accepted and given full credit.

_MENTIMETER NO. 6_: Completion of Form Series.

Only the stencil supplied with the test blanks can represent adequately the correct completion of each series. No credit is given in a series unless each blank is correctly filled.

_MENTIMETER NO. 7_: Checking Identity of Numbers.

1. Same

2. Different

3. Different

4. Different

5. Same

6. Different

7. Same

8. Same

9. Different

10. Same

11. Different

12. Same

13. Different

14. Different

15. Same

16. Different

17. Different

18. Different

19. Same

20. Different

21. Different

22. Same

23. Same

24. Same

25. Same

26. Different

27. Same

28. Same

29. Different

30. Same

_MENTIMETER NO. 8_: Digit-Symbol Substitution.

The reader may, by reference to the Key printed at the top of the test sheet, determine for himself the correctness of any symbol written by a candidate. The stencil furnished with the Test Blanks makes it possible for one to score this test very accurately with a very small expenditure of time and effort. In scoring this test with the stencil the correctness of the entire list of 100 characters can be checked in less than a minute by an ordinary clerk.

_MENTIMETER NO. 9_: Completion of Number Relation Series.

No credit is to be given on any line unless all of the missing numbers are correctly supplied. The score is the number of _lines_ completed correctly in every detail.

—— —— —— —— —— 6 —— —— —— —— Series 1
—— —— 14 —— —— 20 —— —— —— —— Series 2
—— —— —— 9 —— —— 6 5 —— —— Series 3
—— —— 5 —— —— —— —— —— —— 19 Series 4
41 —— —— —— —— —— —— 27 —— —— Series 5
—— —— —— 10 —— —— —— —— —— 49 Series 6
—— —— —— ⅛ —— —— 1 —— 4 —— Series 7
—— —— 22 —— —— —— 50 —— —— —— Series 8
—— 11 —— —— —— —— 25 —— —— —— Series 9
—— 10 —— —— 14 —— —— —— —— 10 Series 10
—— 8 —— —— —— —— 16 17 19 —— Series 11
1 —— —— —— —— 36 49 —— —— —— Series 12
2 —— —— —— —— 34 37 74 —— —— Series 13
—— 33 30 31 —— —— —— —— 24 —— Series 14
—— —— —— 15 16 16 —— —— —— 6 Series 15
—— —— 51 48 —— —— 45 —— —— 51 Series 16

_MENTIMETER NO. 10_: Addition Tests

Test A: Addition Knowledge or Power.

1. 5

2. 8

3. 17

4. 79

5. 56

6. 88

7. 142

8. 248

9. 1397

10. 1664

11. 5571

12. 50362547

Test B: Addition Speed

1. 6

2. 17

3. 6

4. 11

5. 6

6. 11

7. 3

8. 9

9. 15

10. 10

11. 13

12. 7

13. 10

14. 7

15. 3

16. 5

17. 16

18. 4

19. 12

20. 11

21. 13

22. 7

23. 8

24. 13

25. 14

26. 6

27. 11

28. 8

29. 12

30. 13

31. 15

32. 18

33. 5

34. 13

35. 13

36. 14

37. 10

38. 15

39. 15

40. 12

41. 11

42. 14

43. 11

44. 11

45. 16

46. 11

47. 15

48. 12

49. 9

50. 14

51. 4

52. 9

53. 5

54. 17

55. 11

56. 7

57. 7

58. 9

59. 13

60. 12

_MENTIMETER NO. 11_: Memory for Numbers.

1. 56

2. 27

3. 935

4. 416

5. 7493

6. 4857

7. 95738

8. 68124

9. 268359

10. 635927

11. 9583624

12. 8195263

13. 35268349

14. 28593614

15. 639481725

16. 714963528

_MENTIMETER NO. 12_: Repeating Numbers Backward.

1. 85

2. 46

3. 253

4. 948

5. 4937

6. 8625

7. 35291

8. 69824

9. 752638

10. 746951

11. 4857362

12. 5746283

_MENTIMETER NO. 13_: Memory for Sentences.

1. It snows in the winter.

2. Men usually have more dignity than boys.

3. There is no excuse for being thoughtless about the rights of other
people.

4. The price of peace may sometimes be much greater than a nation can
afford to pay.

5. It is unfortunate that war should ever be necessary among civilized
nations.

6. Their harbour is a shallow body of water, connected with, but
protected from, the open sea.

7. Conscience asserting itself as the voice divine within the human
soul is nothing less than a real actuality.

8. Each state appoints a number of electors equal to the whole number
of senators and representatives.

9. These discoveries—gunpowder, printing-press, compass, and
telescope—were the weapons before which the old science trembled.

10. The use of italic type is indicated in the author’s manuscript by
underscoring the letters, words, phrases, or sentences that are
to be italicized.

_MENTIMETER NO. 14_: Speaking-Vocabulary Test.

_Any explanation, which demonstrates conclusively that the candidate knows the nature and use of the word or object mentioned by the examiner, should be accepted and given credit_, regardless of the logical or grammatical form of the statements. The explanatory words and phrases given below are not intended to serve as logical definitions or as exhaustive explanations, but merely to indicate the various types of thing that a given word might signify. In examining very intelligent adults, meanings not listed below but nevertheless correct and appropriate may be encountered. If any standard dictionary lists as authentic the meaning given by a candidate, it should be accepted without challenge. Repetitions by the candidate of the word to be explained should not be accepted as an explanation. For example, “buy” is not explained by “Buy is when you buy something.” An explanation, to be satisfactory, should be in terms entirely different from the thing to be explained, although explanations otherwise quite simple are acceptable here.

1. An article of clothing, a covering or something to wear.

2. Obtaining possession or rights in an object in exchange for a price
or other consideration.

3. Written or printed matter, usually bound in covers for convenience
in reading.

4. A supply of goods or a place where such goods are kept. To lay away
or deposit such supplies.

5. A musical instrument or term.

6. To have or gain temporary possession or rights, in return for some
price or favour. The price paid for such rights. An opening or
torn place, especially in cloth.

7. The flesh of cattle, especially when used as food.

8. A custom or rule established by a legislature or governing
authority, or by the nature of the facts concerned.

9. A malady, illness, or infirmity, frequently accompanied by pain or
weakness.

10. Uncertainty or hesitation in belief; dread, fear, distrust, or
suspicion.

11. An officer who decides disputes or acts as umpire. To decide, pass
judgment, or compare the relative merits of ideas, opinions, or
objects.

12. The coming or occurrence of something considered desirable but not
foreseen as certain. Lucky.

13. One who attends to letters, papers, or business matters for another
individual or group of individuals. A writing desk.

14. Kingly or magnificent. Characteristic of or related to a king or
ruler.

15. A watercourse or channel, usually artificial. A tube or duct.

16. An eager desire or longing, usually of a selfish nature.

17. A person of fair hair, skin, and eyes. Light coloured.

18. Property or possessions having money value. Riches. Goods.

19. To allow, let, authorize, or give consent. A license or permission.

20. Sagacity, knowledge, discretion. Ability to judge or discern,
especially in matters of conduct.

21. To direct or control action. To manage, supervise, or exercise
authority.

22. Authority or permission to do or act. Excess of freedom or abuse of
liberty. To authorize or grant permission.

23. To strive for the same prize or object. To contend in rivalry.

24. The largest of the planets. A Roman god.

25. Humility, self-control, diffidence. Proper delicacy and propriety
about self and actions.

26. A scheme or plan to be followed. Procedure based on material
interest rather than on higher principles. A certificate of
insurance or of money due under certain conditions.

27. The act or instrument used in determining the exact degree or
quantity of a thing. The unit of amount. A division or part of a
tune or other object. To determine degree or quantity.

28. Inspiration, ecstasy, emotion, eagerness, or the object of such
manifestations.

29. Rate of interest, commission, or discount. Number of parts
concerned in a hundred.

30. A measure of distance or area. An agreement between two parties for
accomplishing a common task. To combine for mutual support.

31. A theory or system of social reorganization. Social reform through
political agencies. A theoretically ideal society or state.

32. The science of exact reasoning. The laws or method of abstract
thought. A treatise on thinking or reasoning.

33. To regard with reverence, respect, or veneration. To adore.

34. Satire, ridicule, contemptuous remarks, bitter taunts.

35. Sarcastic reproach, invective. To deride, revile, or reproach with
insulting words.

36. Not transparent, dark, impervious to rays of light. Unintelligible,
stupid.

37. One making a first appearance in society or before the public.

38. Act of repairing or restoring. Giving satisfaction or compensation
for a wrong or injury.

39. To take the tenth part of or to destroy a considerable proportion
of a group.

40. An instrument used to regulate an electric current.

41. Knowing all things. Infinitely wise. One who is possessed of
universal knowledge.

42. To curse or treat basely. Used in imprecations, frequently with
little meaning.

43. A cat-like animal resembling the leopard found in India, Persia,
and Africa.

44. A very large and strong animal—especially one mentioned in the
Bible.

45. A bay window, particularly one which projects from the face of a
wall.

46. One of the great stones or boulders used in prehistoric monuments.

47. A soft, white substance that forms a protecting sheath about the
centre of medullated nerve fiber.

48. An ancient manner of writing. Ancient writings, or the study of
such writings.

49. The branch of surgery that treats of adding artificial parts to the
body to replace natural parts which are wanting.

50. The dried tubers of various orchids, used for food, like tapioca.

_MENTIMETER NO. 15_: Word Discrimination.

_Any real difference_ named by the candidate between the two words to be compared should be given credit _whether it appears in the following list or not_. The list merely points out some of the outstanding differences between the words of each pair, but does not attempt to list all of the possible differences. Any difference mentioned by the candidate which is confirmed by any standard dictionary should be sufficient to give full credit.

1. A bird lives in the air : A fish lives in the water
flies swims
has feathers has scales

2. A snake is long : A fly is short
is a reptile is an insect
crawls flies
has no wings or legs has wings and legs

3. A pen writes only when it has : A pencil writes without ink
ink
is made of steel or is made of lead or soft
hard metal material
does not have to be has to be sharpened
sharpened

4. An eagle flies very high and : A chicken flies very low and but
long distances a short distance
is wild is domestic
is not good for food is good for food

5. A book usually has a hard cover : A magazine has a paper cover
is usually one story, is several stories, by
by one author different people
is published once is published
periodically

6. An orange has a reddish yellow : A lemon has a bright yellow
colour colour
is spherical in shape is oblong in shape
is usually larger than is usually smaller than
a lemon an orange
is usually sweet is usually sour

7. A teacher works in a school : A preacher works in a church
usually teaches usually addresses
children grown-ups
deals primarily with deals primarily with
academic subjects religious subjects

8. Luck comes to a person by chance : Pluck is part of a person’s
character
is a temporary is a permanent
advantage advantage
comes to everyone is characteristic of a
few

9. Stone is a natural product, made : China is made artificially of
of mineral matter fine earth or clay
is used for buildings is used for dishes
is thick and coarse is thin and fragile

10. A balloon depends on the wind : An airplane is run by a motor
for motion
has a large gas bag has no gas bag
moves slowly moves rapidly

11. To plod is to work or travel : To plot is to scheme or plan,
slowly but steadily usually for evil to someone
else
is to toil, to drudge is to conspire, to
intrigue

12. To wither is to fade, to lose : To shrivel is to dry up, to draw
freshness into wrinkles
is to languish is to shrink
flowers wither vegetables shrivel

13. To surprise is to come upon one : To astonish is to strike one
unawares, or unexpectedly with sudden wonder or
amazement

14. Rash means overhasty in counsel : Reckless means careless, utterly
or action heedless of consequences
means undertaking a means indifferent or
matter without thoughtless
sufficient reflection

15. Lonely is to be without desired : Solitary is to be absolutely
companions alone remote from society

16. Sorrow is pain of mind from loss : Sadness is being downcast or
or disappointment unhappy
is deep seated, lasting may be transient,
passing

17. Plutocrat is one whose wealth : Autocrat is an absolute
gives him power or influence sovereign, having usually
inherited authority

18. A rascal is a mean, tricky : A rogue is an idle, mischievous
person person

19. To plunder is to take goods by : To devastate is to lay waste, to
force, to pillage desolate, to ravage

20. To relinquish is to abandon the : To resign is to formally return
thing which has been or give up an office, to
possessed, or the object of submit, to acquiesce, to
pursuit abdicate

21. Shrewd means artful, malicious, : Sagacious means one of keen
cunning, of less dignity than penetration and judgment, one
sagacious with a comprehensive as well a
penetrating mind

22. Dormant means sleeping, not in : Quiescent means resting, in a
action state of repose

23. Reconstruction means to form : Rehabilitation means to invest
anew again with some right or
dignity
means to build over
again
deals more largely with deals largely with
material things mental and spiritual
things

24. Reparation means restoration, : Indemnity means immunity from
renewing, repairing damage loss or damage
done
remuneration for injury
has more of the idea of has more of the idea of
replacing things paying for things
destroyed destroyed

_MENTIMETER NO. 16_: Naming Opposites.

Except in special cases indicated below, no credit should be allowed for adding “not” or “un” or any other negative prefix to the printed word. An entirely different word should be used as the opposite of the printed word. Those words printed in parentheses in the following list should not be given credit as being satisfactory opposites. Words not printed below but as satisfactory opposites as those printed should be given full credit, while words as unsatisfactory as those printed in parentheses should not be given credit.

1. bad, poor (not good)

2. poor, needy, indigent

3. big, large, great (tall)

4. old, ancient

5. easy, soft

6. light (white)

7. clean, pure

8. well, healthy

9. south

10. full, filled

11. pull

12. right, correct

13. end, ending

14. wide

15. evening, afternoon (night)

16. somewhere, everywhere

17. fresh

18. idle

19. to sink (to swim)

20. rough, ragged

21. tame, domestic

22. weakness

23. guilty

24. ignorance, stupidity

25. negative, uncertain

26. superior

27. modern, new

28. cause

29. generous, liberal

30. concrete, specific

31. justice, impartiality

32. dilatory, sluggish

33. extravagant, wasteful, uneconomical

34. genuine, real

35. depression, melancholy

36. delay, impede, hamper

37. confident, bold, immodest

38. heterogeneous

39. cowardly, irresolute, fearful

40. slanderous, scurrilous, vilifying

_MENTIMETER NO. 17_: Spelling Tests.

The word lists themselves furnish the correct answers and therefore no further set of answers is needed here. See pages 199–200 for the lists.

_MENTIMETER NO. 18_: Range of Information.

1. COW

2. CLUBS

3. CIGARETTE

4. CARPENTER

5. GREEN

6. AUTOMOBILES

7. DOG

8. ACTRESS

9. HUYLER

10. 1861

11. COUNTY

12. PAINTER

13. MOTORCYCLE

14. NOVELIST

15. FILING-CASE

16. DISTANCE

17. LEG

18. REEFS

19. WATER

20. STOWE

21. STATESMAN

22. POUGHKEEPSIE

23. LAW

24. TWO

25. DICKENS

26. ENGLAND

27. BIRD

28. ATHLETICS

29. DRINK

30. INK

31. FRUIT

32. ISOSCELES

33. 1066

34. HEART

35. PLANT

36. KOREA

37. OXYGEN

38. MUSIC

39. CLOTH

40. ANIMAL

_MENTIMETER NO. 19_: Reading Vocabulary.

1. BODY, TOOL

2. ANIMAL

3. CLOTHES

4. COLOUR

5. BIRD

6. CLOTHES

7. ANIMAL, BODY

8. TOOL, FISH

9. BODY

10. TOOL

11. BIRD

12. COLOUR

13. FISH

14. WAR

15. TIME

16. WAR

17. ANIMAL

18. FISH

19. TIME

20. CLOTHES

21. WAR

22. BODY

23. COLOR

24. BIRD

25. FISH

26. TOOL

27. TIME

28. ANIMAL

29. COLOUR

30. WAR

31. TIME

32. CLOTHES

33. BODY

34. BIRD

35. FISH

36. BODY

37. WAR

38. TOOL

39. ANIMAL

40. BIRD

_MENTIMETER NO. 20_: Reading, Directions.

1. The name should be written _on the line_.

2. There should be a cross or an x _in the square_.

3. There should be a cross or an x in the circle and a dot or period
in the square.

4. There should be a 1 under the letter M and a 2 under the letter W,
in the list of capital letters beginning A, N, etc.

5. The word “Yes” should be written _on the dotted line_.

6. The word “in” should be crossed out and the word “and” should have
two lines or circles around it.

7. The word “seven” or the figure 7 should be written on the blank at
the left, “twelve” or 12 on the middle blank, and “one hundred”
or 100 on the blank at the right.

8. “Ten” or 10 should be written in the square on the left, a small
circle should be written in the second square, and the letter “C”
in the triangle at the right.

9. There should be a line drawn under the word “Peck.”

10. The word “thousand” or 1000 should be written in the circle.

11. The square in front of the word “diminished” should have a check
mark or cross on it.

12. There should be a line under the word “Face.”

_MENTIMETER NO. 21_: Reading, Interpretation.

Answers must show conclusively that the questions and the sentences answering them were read and understood by the candidate.

1. Boys.

2. In the house.

3. Girls.

4. On farms, in stores, mines, and factories.

5. In the things they enjoy and in the things they are able to do.

6. Wheat, corn, and cattle.

7. To make clothing to keep us warm.

8. To protect us from rain and snow.

9. Differences between people.

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.

15. _That_ or _which_ in the first blank, _worth_ in the second blank,
_well_ in the third blank, _doing_ in the fourth blank.

16. _Does_ or _can_ in the first blank, _give_ in the second blank,
_every_ in the third blank.

17. _When_ in the first blank, _better_ in the second blank, _practice_
in the third blank, _at_ in the fourth blank, _wrong_ in the
fifth blank, _doing_ in the sixth blank.

18. _Which_ or _that_ in the first blank, _cause_ in the second blank,
_are_ in the third blank, and _very_ or _most_ in the fifth
blank.

19. _To_ in the first blank, _when_ in the second blank, _thirsty_ in
the third blank, and _great_ or _real_ in the fourth blank.

20. _Whether_ in the first blank, _likes_, _desires_ or _welcomes_ in
the second blank, _or_ in the third blank, _one_ in the fourth
blank, _not_ in the fifth blank, _as_ in the sixth blank,
_insult_ in the seventh blank.

_MENTIMETER NO. 24_: Analogies or Mixed Relations.

As with several of the other lists of answers, no attempt is made here to give an exhaustive list of the correct solutions. The words which appear below are standard. Anything as good as this standard list should be accepted while anything inferior to the printed solutions should not be given credit.

1. Dogs

2. Far, distant

3. Foot

4. Cat’s

5. Hot, warm, heat

6. Swims, swim

7. Hen

8. Drink

9. School, classroom

10. Her

11. Law

12. Colt, foal

13. Bought

14. Painting, picture, portrait

15. Sheep, ram

16. Floor

17. Bird, birds, fowl

18. Chauffeur

19. Was, were, been

20. School, shoal

21. Night

22. Risen

23. Drake

24. Sheep, animal, beast

25. Women’s

26. Give, donate, buy, return

27. Aviatrices

28. Criterion

29. Joneses’

30. Esoteric

_MENTIMETER NO. 25_: Handwriting.

The reader will be able to count the number of letters written per minute and thereby obtain the score in this test without any key. For the quality of the results of such a test the reader will compare the handwriting of each candidate with the samples printed on page 239.

_MENTIMETER NO. 26_: English Composition.

This test, like the test for handwriting quality, is a test of the quality of products produced by the candidates rather than of the difficulty of problems solved. Therefore, no set of correct answers is necessary. The quality of the candidate’s composition should be compared directly with the quality of the printed samples appearing on pages 242 to 244.

_MENTIMETER NO. 27_: Poetic Discrimination.

The correct order as determined by the judgments of scores of capable judges of English Poetry is as follows:

Best Middle Poorest
In Set No. 1 Z Y X
In Set No. 2 X Y Z
In Set No. 3 Z X Y
In Set No. 4 Y X Z
In Set No. 5 Y Z X
In Set No. 6 Y Z X

_MENTIMETER NO. 28_: Arithmetic Reasoning.

In giving the correct answers below each figure has attached to it the word indicating the commodity concerned. No answer should be considered incorrect, however, because it omits the words “dollars,” “lemons” or “men.”

1. 8 men

2. 12 dollars

8. 9 nickels

4. 5 benches

5. 8 cents

6. 23 cents

7. 16 lemons

8. 3373 quarts

9. 500 pounds

10. 51 cents

11. 750 people

12. 22 tons

13. $4.80

14. $1575.00

_MENTIMETER NO. 29_: Practical Judgment Test.

1. Get a drink of water.

2. It tastes good.

3. Wear a raincoat.

4. Ring the alarm and try to put out the fire.

5. Ask the person’s pardon.

6. The frost has killed them.

7. To protect them from the colder weather.

8. At the beach of a summer resort.

9. Try to make time by hurrying.

10. To display the flag and inspire patriotism.

11. Water always becomes solid at low temperatures.

12. Nail a piece of tin over it.

13. It is an easily digested and wholesome food.

14. An incandescent electric bulb.

15. To create a demand for special brands.

16. So that their strength may be utilized.

17. The low temperature keeps it fresh.

18. One could jump from one-story buildings.

19. Discover and remove the cause of its crying.

20. It has fewer impurities in it.

21. To avoid making the city smoky.

22. To remove the electricity from the air.

23. High and rapidly.

24. To help one decide where to read.

_MENTIMETER NO. 30_: Logical Conclusions Test.

1. Older than James.

2. Older than Mary.

3. Shorter than Dot.

4. Not heavier than May.

5. Slower than William.

6. Smarter than Bertha.

7. Not as rich as Mr. Jones.

8. Not noisier than Robert.

9. Less rapidly than Henry.

10. Not warmer than Thursday.

11. Not as frugal as Mrs. Brown.

12. Not larger than the second.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. P. 98, changed “to errors” to “to make errors”. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 4. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers. 5. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 6. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 7. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character, e.g. M^r.