Might Magazine – Issue 10 (Feb/March 1996)

Questionnaire by Tom Tolleson

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Please fill out this questionnaire with a no. 2 pencil (ball-point pen is unacceptable). Fill in the white circle completely. Try to stay within the lines!

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Short answer can be filled in with any writing implement. Remember—be legible, AS WELL AS HONEST.

True False
1. I never would have guessed that things are the way they are.
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2. I wish I could start over.
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3. One day they'll be sorry.
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4. Most of the time I'm just pretending.
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5. Sometimes, I'm still scared of monsters.
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6. The thing that would make me the happiest is impossible.
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7. The fact that people respect me for hurting them makes it okay for me to do so.
TF
8. I sometimes have erotic thoughts about inanimate objects.
TF
9. There is no one that I completely like.
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10. Whenever I let my guard down, I usually end up sorry.
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11. I'm ashamed of how I really am.
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12. I think they're doing it on purpose.
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13. Sometimes I can barely stand it.
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14. There is something I like that I don't talk about.
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15. If I yell really loud—it stops.
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16. I'm just using them.
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17. I've left a lot of things hanging.
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18. I own some impressive books that I will never read.
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19(a). I would feel ethically justified in killing another person if
19(b). I would love it if that happened.
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20. I am usually just acting interested when others are speaking.
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21. Nobody really knows me.
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22. If I had a four-inch-tall person I would
23. I was saddened when I first tasted another person's mouth.
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24. At least once a day I am completely horrified.
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25. If the sex stops, it's over.
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26. Sometimes I scare myself.
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27. Everything will come together once I find my "niche."
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29. I'm living at least one lie.
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30. Depression is just the truth seeping in.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE (circle answer that is most correct)
31. If I were the Waseca, Minnesota-based printer of a certain bimonthly San Francisco magazine, and objected to the content in its ninth issue because it talked about people—even gay people!—having sex, I would:
a
Refuse to print it.
b
Realize that I had a contractual obligation to print it, then try to have another printer do it so the objectionable content would not touch my presses.
c
Unsuccessful at trying to farm out the job, I'd print the thing, apologize to God, and then tell that magazine that their business is no longer welcome.
d
All of the above

Questionnaire by Tom Tolleson

Scanned page of Tom Tolleson's questionnaire in Might Magazine, Issue 10 (Feb/March 1996)