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What follows is the entirety of Part 1 of the Enrichment Center Test Subject Application Process, titled "Personality & General Knowledge", or "FORMS-EN-2873-FORM" (the 50 questions and what comes before and after), featured on ApertureScience.com. This is a questionnaire applicants must fill before becoming a Test Subject.
Directly copied/pasted from the Flash file "ApertureScience17.swf" (with the few typos kept as is), it uses the same text and background colors, and the same font, Courier New. The forms have been split for better reading.
Loaded: ENRICHMENT CENTER TEST SUBJECT APPLICATION PROCESS
Form : FORMS-EN-2873-FORM (PART1: PERSONALITY & GENERAL KNOWLEDGE)
If you are a first time applicant, please type \"CONTINUE\".
DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTION if you are returning to form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM after a break of any duration for any reason. In that case, you MUST contact your supervisor before proceeding.Your supervisor will solicit your Authorized Administrative Unit for an affirmative injunction to type \"CONTINUE\".
If permission to type \"CONTINUE\" has been granted, please do so now, unless the box labeled \"DO NOT TYPE CONTINUE\" on the \"Forms Re-Sanction\" form you should have received from your supervisor is checked, in which case you should remain at your workstation not typing \"CONTINUE\" until such a time as you are instructed by your supervisor to discontinue not typing it.
UIN(+L)[]
The UIN(+L) given below is one of the many given before the test.
Below is your form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM Unique Identity Number (Plus Letters)
Please memorize your UIN(+L), as you may be required to recite it from memory as proof. The opening and closing braces are decorative and should not be memorized.
When you are finished memorizing your case sensitive UIN(+L), type \"CONTINUE\" to proceed.
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 1
If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 2
It is important to consult a physician before starting an Aperture Science Enrichment Center program. If one or more of the statements listed below applies to you, please contact your supervisor to secure permission to consult a physician before beginning an Enrichment Center program. Pick the condition that most applies to you.
1] dizziness
2] shortness of breath
3] problems waking up in the morning
4] problems staying up 48 hours straight
5] have not previously performed an enrichment center program
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 3
Sally, Dwayne, Anthony, David, and Franklin are, collectively, exactly 10 years apart in age. Sally's is two years older than David. David's favorite letter is 'g'. Anthony's favorite letter is also 'g', but Dwayne has no preference, insisting that he likes all the letters equally except for 's'. What is Franklin's favorite letter?
01] a
02] b
03] c
04] d
05] e
06] f
07] g
08] h
09] i
10] j
11] k
12] l
13] m
14] n
15] o
16] p
17] q
18] r
19] t
20] u
21] v
02] Powder blue
03] Cyan
04] Chartreuse
05] Jade
06] Dark coral
07] Navy blue
08] Pale mauve
09] Linen
10] Dark goldenrod
11] Pumpkin
12] Dark cerulean
13] Zinnwaldite
14] Rust
15] Lavender Blush
16] Green
17] Lilac
18] Blue
19] Midnight Blue
20] Tan
21] Carmine
22] Amber
23] Indigo
24] Pale red-violet
25] Lemon Cream
26] Pale chestnut
27] Bondi Blue
28] Gamboge
29] Gold
30] Steel blue
31] Tangerine
32] Lime
33] Seashell
34] Pale pink
35] Dark turquoise
36] Pale cornflower blue
37] Denim
38] Emerald
39] Burnt Sienna
40] Buff
41] Brown
42] Pear
43] Orangatang Red
44] Chestnut
45] Cerulean
46] Dark Tea Green
47] Dark salmon
48] Sandy brown
49] Dark tan
50] Pine Green
51] Flax
52] Ochre
53] Bronze
54] Klein Blue
55] Pale Sandy Brown
56] Teal
57] Azure
58] Dark Terra cotta
59] International orange
60] Red
61] Orange
62] Safety Orange
63] Coral
64] Scarlet
65] Light brown
66] Olive Drab
67] Magenta
68] Bistre
69] Cerulean blue
70] Dodger blue
71] Cobalt
72] Violet-eggplant
73] Amethyst
74] Sapphire
75] Ultramarine
76] Fuchsia
77] Heliotrope
78] Cinnamon
79] Chocolate
80] Goldenrod
81] Sea Green
82] Pastel pink
83] Persian blue
84] Mountbatten pink
85] Pale carmine
86] Bright green
87] Turquoise
88] Gray
89] Gray-Tea Green
90] Dark blue
91] Cerise
92] Pale brown
93] Green-yellow
94] Raw umber
95] Lavender
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 6
How do others describe your education?
01] Nursery School
02] Grade School
03] Junior High
04] High School
05] Some College
06] Associates Degree
07] Bachelors
08] Graduate Degree
09] PhD / Post Doctoral
10] None
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 7
What is your current living situation?
1] Live Alone
2] Live With Roommate (s)
3] Live With Kids
4] Live With Parents
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 8
Do you require any jewelry for health reasons?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 9
Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 10
Do you prefer long or short sleeves?
1] Long Sleeves
2] Short Sleeves
3] Sleeveless / Shirtless / No Preference
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 11
Does your illness prevent you from working?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 12
Not including periods of mandatory silence, what is the longest you have gone voluntarily without talking?
1] 1 Day
2] 2-5 Days
3] 7-14 Days
4] 14-30 Days
5] 30-90 Days
6] 90 Days - 6 Months
7] 1 Year
8] Greater Than 1 Year
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 13
Do you require music to perform simple tasks?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 14
Your favorite color is:
01] Camouflage green
02] Sangria
03] Salmon
04] Pale magenta
05] Swamp green
06] Pastel green
07] Carrot
08] Burgundy
09] Mint Green
10] Wheat
11] Aqua
12] Thistle
13] Vermilion
14] School bus yellow
15] Khaki
16] Cornflower blue
17] Dark light blue
18] Dark slate gray
19] Mustard
20] Hot pink
21] Dark pastel green
22] Dark brown
23] Papaya whip
24] Dark spring green
25] Cooked umber
26] Dark chestnut
27] Dark Khaki
28] Russet
29] Burnt umber
30] Wisteria
31] Beige
32] Selective yellow
33] Viridian
34] Old Gold
35] Mauve
36] Dark violet
37] Dark pink
38] Aquamarine
39] Slate gray
40] Royal Blue
41] Terra cotta
42] Blaze Orange
43] Dark Indigo
44] Violet
45] Dark tangerine
46] Saffron
47] Olive
48] Tenné
49] Peach
50] Maroon
51] Silver
52] Robin egg blue
53] Pink
54] Asparagus
55] Purple
56] Pale Blue
57] Dark green
58] Yankee Yellow
59] Navajo white
60] Fern green
61] Bright violet
62] Corn
63] Eggplant
64] Bright turquoise
65] Gray-asparagus
66] Moss green
67] Taupe
68] Dark Olive
69] Red-violet
70] Burnt Orange
71] Orchid
72] Peach-yellow
73] Spring Green
74] Lemon
75] Puce
76] Periwinkle
77] Celadon
78] Dark Scarlet
79] Yellow
80] Black
81] Alizarin Crimson
82] Prussian blue
83] Malachite
84] Dark Peach
85] White
86] Brass
87] Cardinal
88] Alice Blue
89] Cream
90] Tea Green
91] Sepia
92] Crimson
93] Copper
94] Pink-orange
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 15
Lying about my favorite color makes me feel:
1] Sorry
2] Not Sorry
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 16
Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 17
What is your favorite meal?
1] Lunch
2] Dinner
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 18
Which pre-Christian mathematician is not correctly matched to his home city?
01] Thales of Miletus
02] Anaximander of Miletus
03] Pythagoras of Samos
04] Anaximenes of Miletus
05] Cleostratus of Tenedos
06] Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
07] Zeno of Elea
08] Antiphon of Rhamnos
09] Oenopides of Chios
10] Hippocrates of Chios
11] Hippias of Elis
12] Theodorus of Cyrene
13] Philolaus of Croton
14] Democritus of Abdera
15] Hippasus of Metapontum
16] Archytas of Tarentum
17] Theaetetus of Athens
18] Leodamas of Thasos
19] Eudoxus of Cnidos
20] Callipus of Cyzicus
21] Xenocrates of Chalcedon
22] Heraclides of Pontus
23] Bryson of Heraclea
24] Theudius of Magnesia
25] Eudemus of Rhodes
26] Autolycus of Pitane
27] Aristarchus of Samos
28] Archimedes of Syracuse
29] Philo of Byzantium
30] Nicoteles of Cyrene
31] Eratosthenes of Cyrene
32] Conon of Samos
33] Apollonius of Perga
34] Dositheus of Alexandria
35] Dionysodorus of Amisus
36] Diocles of Carystus
37] Hypsicles of Alexandria
38] Hipparchus of Nicaea
39] Zeno of Sidon
40] Geminus of Rhodes
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 19
Please choose the description that best describes your personality:
A cake can be sliced into more than seven pieces by making only four diameter cuts through its center.
1] True
2] False
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This form is said to feature a list of 2314 animals to be viewed with the PGUP and PGDN keys, spread on several pages containing three columns of around 60 items. Each time the PGDN key is pressed, the next page appears, always with the question and the navigation instructions above and under, respectively. The question and instructions are given here only once, for clarity.
The list actually only displays 1345 items, while the swf file contains the complete list, which includes 2313 items instead of 2314. It appears to be a partial copy/paste of an index found at the website AnimalPicturesArchives, which does not contain only animals.
Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 21
Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate? NOTE: Several
choices, including, but not limited to, 'Large Egret', may trigger an investigation. Your
supervisor has no further information about instigating animals or the investigatory
process, though, upon request, your supervisor can provide further details about his or
her authorized prophylactic unfamiliarity with procedure.
0042] Allens big-eared bat
0043] Alligator gar
0044] Alligator snapping turtle
0045] Allosaurus
0046] Alpaca
0047] Amazon dolphin
0048] Amazon parrot
0049] Amazon tree boa
0050] Amber pen shell
0051] American alligator
0052] American avocet
0053] American badger
0054] American bittern
0055] American black vulture
0056] American cicada
0057] American crayfish
0058] American crocodile
0059] American crow
0060] American goldfinch
0105] Aquatic leech
0106] Arabian oryx
0107] Arabian wild cat
0108] Aracari
0109] Archaeocete
0110] Archaeopteryx
0111] Archer fish
0112] Arctic fox
0113] Arctic hare
0114] Arctic wolf
0115] Argali
0116] Argentine horned frog
0117] Argentine ruddy duck
0118] Argus fish
0119] Ariel toucan
0120] Arizona alligator lizard
0121] Ark shell
0122] Armadillo
0123] Armed crab
0124] Armed nylon shrimp
0125] Army ant
0126] Arrow crab
0127] Arrow worm
0128] Arrowana
0129] Asian constable butterfly
0130] Asian damselfly
0131] Asian elephant
0132] Asian lion
0133] Asian porcupine
0134] Asian small-clawed otter
0135] Asian trumpetfish
0136] Asian water buffalo
0137] Asiatic mouflon
0138] Asiatic wild ass
0139] Assassin bug
0140] Astarte
0141] Astrangia coral
0142] Atlantic black goby
0143] Atlantic blue tang
0144] Atlantic ridley turtle
0145] Atlantic sharpnose puffer
0146] Atlantic spadefish
0147] ATLAS moth
0148] Auk
0149] Aurochs
0150] Australian curlew
0151] Australian fur seal
0152] Australian kestrel
0153] Australian shelduck
0154] Australian Silky Terrier
0155] Avocet
0156] Axis deer
0157] Axolotl
0158] Aye-aye
0159] Aztec ant
0160] Azure-winged magpie
0161] Azure vase
0162] Babacoot
0163] Babirusa
0164] Baboon
0314] Blenny
0315] Blesbok
0316] Blood python
0317] Blood sea star
0318] Blood shrimp
0319] Blood worm
0320] Blue-crowned motmot
0321] Blue-gray gnatcatcher
0322] Blue-speckled prawn-goby
0323] Blue-spotted stingray
0324] Blue-striped snapper
0325] Blue-throated hummingbird
0326] Blue and gold macaw
0327] Blue butterfly
0328] Blue crane
0329] Blue crowned pigeon
0330] Blue footed booby
0331] Blue gray tanager
0332] Blue grosbeak
0333] Blue heron
0334] Blue jay
0335] Blue leaf beetle
0336] Blue mandarin fish
0337] Blue marlin
0338] Blue parrotfish
0339] Blue penguin
0340] Blue poison frog
0341] Blue reeffish
0342] Blue ringed octopus
0343] Blue shark
0344] Blue tit
0345] Blue tongue skink
0346] Blue waxbill
0347] Blue whale
0348] Bluebird
0349] Bluegill
0350] Bluehead wrasse
0351] Bluestriped grunt
0352] Bluethroat
0542] Common black kite
0543] Common cabbage butterfly
0544] Common carp
0545] Common chiffchaff
0546] Common comma butterfly
0547] Common cormorant
0548] Common dolphin
0549] Common eland
0550] Common glider butterfly
0551] Common goldeneye
0552] Common grackle
0553] Common ground dove
0554] Common ground skink
0555] Common gull
0556] Common jay
0557] Common kingfisher
0558] Common kingsnake
0559] Common Korean bitterling
0560] Common lionfish
0561] Common loon
0562] Common map turtle
0563] Common merganser
0564] Common mongoose
0565] Common murre
0566] Common nighthawk
0567] Common pinktoe tarantula
0568] Common pipistrelle
0569] Common quail
0570] Common shelduck
0571] Common snapping turtle
0572] Common snipe
0573] Common teal
0574] Common tern
0575] Common toad
0576] Common wasp
0577] Common woolly monkey
0578] Conch
0579] Condor
0580] Cone shell
0750] Erckel's francolin
0751] Ermine
0752] Eurasian badger
0753] Eurasian black vulture
0754] Eurasian blackbird
0755] Eurasian cuckoo
0756] Eurasian curlew
0757] Eurasian eagle owl
0758] Eurasian harvest mouse
0759] Eurasian kestrel
0760] Eurasian lynx
0761] Eurasian red dragonfly
0762] Eurasian red squirrel
0763] Eurasian river otter
0764] Eurasian sparrowhawk
0765] Eurasian white spoonbill
0766] European brown shrimp
0767] European earwig
0768] European eel
0769] European garden spider
0770] European goldfinch
0771] European hedgehog
0772] European large crane fly
0773] European lynx
0774] European May cockchafer
0775] European polecat
0776] European rabbit
0777] European red kite
0778] European robin
0779] European roller
0780] European stag beetle
0781] European tree frog
0782] European water shrew
0783] European white stork
0784] European wild cat
0785] Evening bat
0786] Evening grosbeak
0787] Eyelash viper
0788] Fairy pitta
0833] Fossa
0834] Four-horned antelope
0835] Foureye butterflyfish
0836] Fox
0837] Fox snake
0838] Fox squirrel
0839] Francolin
0840] Free-tailed bat
0841] French angelfish
0842] Freshwater crayfish
0843] Freshwater mandarin fish
0844] Freshwater ray
0845] Frigate bird
0846] Frilled lizard
0847] Frog
0848] Frogfish
0849] Froghopper
0850] Fruit bat
0851] Fruit dove
0852] Fruit fly
0958] Gray treefrog
0959] Gray whale
0960] Gray wolf
0961] Grayling
0962] Great-tailed grackle
0963] Great blue heron
0964] Great crested grebe
0965] Great Dane
0966] Great gray owl
0967] Great horned owl
0968] Great kiskadee
0969] Great knot
0970] Great Plains toad
0971] Great reed warbler
0972] Great slug
0973] Great tit
0974] Great white shark
0975] Greater bilby
0976] Greater dormouse
0977] Greater glider
0978] Greater kudu
0979] Greater long-eared bat
0980] Greater pied kingfisher
0981] Greater praire chicken
0982] Greater scaup
0983] Greater tenrec
0984] Grebe
0985] Green-backed heron
0986] Green-cheeked conure
0987] Green-winged macaw
0988] Green-winged pytilia
0989] Green anaconda
0990] Green anole
0991] Green aracari
0992] Green billbug
0993] Green frog
0994] Green hermit hummingbird
0995] Green heron
0996] Green iguana
1041] Hammerkop
1042] Hamster
1043] Hanuman langur
1044] Harbor seal
1045] Hard coral
1046] Hare
1047] Harlequin bug
1048] Harlequin duck
1049] Harlequin poison frog
1050] Harlequin shrimp
1051] Harp seal
1052] Harpy eagle
1053] Harris hawk
1054] Hartebeest
1055] Harvest mouse
1056] Hawaiian goose
1057] Hawaiian hawk
1058] Hawfinch
1059] Hawksbill turtle
1060] Hazel grouse
1146] Jamaican woodpecker
1147] Japanese flat aphid
1148] Japanese grosbeak
1149] Japanese John dory
1150] Japanese marten
1151] Japanese monkey
1152] Japanese robin
1153] Japanese serow
1154] Japanese water scorpion
1155] Japanese waxwing
1156] Japanese white-eye
1157] Java green peacock
1158] Javan rhinoceros
1159] Javelin sand boa
1160] Jay
1161] Jellyfish
1162] Jenday conure
1163] Jerboa
1164] Jewel beetle
1165] Jindogae
1166] Juan Fernandez fur seal
1167] Jumping spider
1168] Jumping viper
1169] Jungle cat
1170] Jungle crow
1171] Juniper shield bug
1172] Kangaroo
1173] Katydid
1174] Kea parrot
1175] Keel-billed toucan
1176] Keeshond
1177] Kentish plover
1178] Kerabau water buffalo
1179] Kestrel
1180] Killdeer
1181] Killer whale
1182] King cheetah
1183] King eider
1184] King parrot
1185] King penguin
1186] King rail
1187] King salmon
1188] King vulture
1189] Kingfisher
1190] Kingsnake
1191] Kissing gourami
1192] Kit fox
1193] Kite
1194] Kitten
1195] Kiwi
1196] Klipspringer
1197] Knysna turaco
1198] Koala
1199] Kodiak bear
1200] Komodo dragon
1201] Kookaburra
1202] Koran angelfish
1203] Korea
1204] Korean alpine grasshopper
1458] Narrow-winged mantis
1459] Nassau grouper
1460] Nautilus
1461] Near East viper
1462] Neon goby
1463] New Caledonia bumpy gecko
1464] New Guinea turtle
1465] New Zealand fur seal
1466] New Zealand robin
1467] New Zealand scaup
1468] Newt
1469] Nicobar pigeon
1470] Night monkey
1471] Nile crocodile
1472] Nile lechwe antelope
1473] Nile monitor
1474] Nilgai antelope
1475] Nine-banded armadillo
1476] North American porcupine
Which interrogation technique do you think would be most effective on you?
01] Going Next Door
02] Pain
03] Nobody Loves You
04] The All-Seeing Eye
05] The Barbering Curriculum
06] The Informer
07] News from Home
08] The Witness
09] Joint Suspects
10] The Big Bang
11] Pearls Before Swine
12] Chicken Button
13] Death Eats a Sandwich
14] Hammerhead
15] Hammerhand
16] Fried Hole
17] Hangri-La
18] Ivan Is a Dope
19] Joint Interrogators
20] Law of Partial Pressure
21] The Spinoza
22] Gospel Shark
23] Cloud Cuckoo Land
24] The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
25] Good Cop / Ventriloquist Cop
26] Alice in Wonderland
27] Monster Polygraph
28] Confession is Good for the Soul
29] Silver Tongued Devil
30] Deep Sea Diver
31] Pay The Piper
32] Federal Bikini Inspector
33] Big Wig
34] Carlsbad Caverns
35] The Boy Who Cried
36] Goonland
37] Role-Role Theory
38] Zipf's Law
39] Stream of Unconsciousness
40] Flash in the Pan
41] The Little Bird
42] Welcome to Bethany
43] Ampere's Rule
44] The Dental Assistant
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 23
Have you experienced recurrent thoughts of regicide?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 24
If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, please rate the following statement: I know what 'regicide' means.
I understand that my responses to all items in this questionnaire are the property of Aperture Science. As such, they will remain strictly confidential, though they may be used to distribute prizes and/or initiate, prolong, or modify the invasive properties of authorized questioning, investigation, testing, and surveillance.
1] I have read all or most of the above.
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 28
Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 29
Do you get pleasure from solitary pursuits?
1] Yes
2] No
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 30
What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
Complete the following statement with the answer that DOES NOT apply to you:
I am often:
01] worried that life is vague and unreal
02] suspicious of the actions of others
03] prejudiced in favor of my own department, lab, product, skin color, etc.
04] convinced that nobody really cares about me
05] disturbed by the noise of the wind
06] enraged by the petty foibles of those around me
07] irritated by my past failures and children
08] too depressed to kill an animal or colleague in order to put it out of its pain
09] convinced of the correctness of my opinions on subjects about which I am not an expert
10] speaking very slowly for no apparent reason
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Form FORMS-EN-2873-FORM - Page 41
On a scale of 12 to 11, with the 12 possible choices arranged as on the face of a clock, how would you rate your awareness of any habitual physical mannerisms such as tugging your ear or hair, eye twitches, hand spasms, etc.?