Measure Your Mind: The Mentimeter and How to Use It

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

P. 98, changed “to errors” to “to make errors”.
Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers.