I recently stumbled across the following three personality assessment questions. I didn’t come up with these, though the expression of the ideas are my own. You may have seen one or all of these before, but here they are again:

Which shape are you drawn to: Circle, Square, Triangle, or Squiggle Line?

ASSESSMENT:

CIRCLE	Optimist. Artistic and expressive. Spiritual. A communicator. Intellectual and philosophical. You pursue understanding.
SQUARE	Organizer. Planner. Structured. A precisionist. Detail-oriented. Perhaps you view yourself as a triangle, but others see you as the square. You pursue order.
TRIANGLE	Leader. Executive. Aggressive. Confident. Decisive. You pursue power.
SQUIGGLE LINE	Innovator. Creator. Original thinker. Dynamic. You pursue fame.

Do you prefer to live near the sea, atop a mountain, on a farm, in a big city, or in the jungle?

ASSESSMENT:

NEAR THE SEA	You value energy, spirit, and a sense of humor.
ATOP A MOUNTAIN	You value aesthetics, artistry, and fortitude.
ON A FARM	You value kindness and generosity. Rational in thought.
IN A BIG CITY	You value that which benefits you. You value utilitarianism.
IN THE JUNGLE	You value independence, diversity, spontaneity, and adventure.

On the table there’s soup, salad, bread, vegetables, and dessert. Disregarding propriety, which dish would you prefer to go for first?

ASSESSMENT:

SOUP	Principled. Respects social rules and regulations.
SALAD	Traditional. Conservative. Prefers the classics.
BREAD	Embraces the ups and downs that come. Rolls with the punches.
VEGETABLES	Gratitude for your blessings. Practical.
DESSERT	Unconventional. Fun-loving. Needs freedom. Free-spirited.

Me? I’m a Square who would like to live on a Farm and even if propriety didn’t matter, I would go for the Soup. Basically, my responses to the three questions all confirm that I am straight-edged and uptight.