Enneagram Questionnaire

Mark the sentences that describe you when you are not conforming to work, school or family. If you are having difficult deciding and are over the age of 30, mark those sentences that describe you when you were 25 years old. When you complete reading the sentences and marking those that apply to you, mark the corresponding boxes on the answer sheet to find your enneagram type.

____ 1. I like to be organized and orderly. ____ 2. I want people to feel comfortable coming to me for guidance and advice. ____ 3. I am almost always busy. ____ 4. Being understood is very important to me. ____ 5. I learn from observing or reading as opposed to doing. ____ 6. I am nervous around certain authority figures. ____ 7. I enjoy life. I am generally uninhibited and optimistic. ____ 8. I value being direct and honest; I put my cards on the table. ____ 9. I often feel in union with nature and people. ____ 10. It is difficult for me to be spontaneous. ____ 11. Relationships are more important to me that almost anything. ____ 12. I like to make to-do lists, progress charts, and schedules for myself. ____ 13. I cry easily. Beauty, love, sorrow and pain really touch me. ____ 14. Its hard to express my feelings in the moment. ____ 15. I am always on the alert for things to go wrong. ____ 16. I dont like being made to feel obligated or beholden. ____ 17. I am an individualist and a nonconformist. ____ 18. Making choices is difficult since I can see the advantages and disadvantages of every option. ____ 19. I dont like it when people break rules. ____ 20. I have trouble asking for what I need. ____ 21. I go full force until the job is done. ____ 22. When I am told what to do, I often become rebellious and do, or wish I could do, the opposite. ____ 23. Brash, loud people offend me. ____ 24. I am often plagued by doubt. ____ 25. I am busy and energetic. I seldom be bored if left to do what I want. ____ 26. I will go to any lengths to protect those I love. ____ 27. Instead of tackling what I really need to do, I sometimes do little, unimportant things. ____ 28. I am almost always on time. ____ 29. Watching violence on TV or in Movies and seeing people suffer is unbearable. ____ 30. I try to present myself well and make a good first impression. ____ 31. Sometimes I feel very uncomfortable, like an isolated outsider, even when Im with friends.

____ 32. I dislike most social events. Id rather be alone or with a few people I know well. ____ 33. I have sabotaged my own success. ____ 34. I like myself and Im good to myself. ____ 35. I fight for what is right. ____ 36. Others see me as peaceful, but inside I often feel anxious. ____ 37. I think of myself as being practical, reasonable, and realistic. ____ 38. Sometimes I get physically ill and/or emotionally drained from taking care of everyone else. ____ 39. I tend to put work before other things. ____ 40. I place great importance on my intuition. ____ 41. I dont look for material possessions to make me happy. ____ 42. I like predictability. ____ 43. I am often at ease in groups. ____ 44. Sometimes I like to spar with people, especially when I feel safe. ____ 45. When people try to tell me what to do or try to control me, I get stubborn. ____ 46. I often compare myself to others. ____ 47. I enjoy giving compliments and telling people that they are special to me. ____ 48. I believe in doing things as expediently as possible. ____ 49. I try to control people at times. ____ 50. Acting calm is a defense. It makes me feel stronger. ____ 51. I often obsess about what those closest to me are thinking. ____ 52. I love excitement and travel. ____ 53. I have overindulged in food or other things. ____ 54. I like to listen and give people support. ____ 55. I almost always do what I say I will do. ____ 56. I crave, yet sometimes fear, intimacy. ____ 57. I cant understand people who are bored. I never run other of things to do. ____ 58. I hate insincerity and lack of integrity in others. ____ 59. I usually experience my feelings more deeply when Im by myself. ____ 60. I tend to either procrastinate or plunge headlong, even into a potential dangerous situation. ____ 61. I usually say whatever is on my mind. Sometimes it gets me into trouble. ____ 62. When I enter a new group, I know immediately who the most powerful person is. ____ 63. If there is unpleasantness going on around me, I try to think about something else for a while. ____ 64. I love making every detail perfect. ____ 65. It is difficult for me to ask for what I need, or even to know what it is, when Im with others. ____ 66. People often look to be to run the show. ____ 67. My ideals are very important to me. ____ 68. I get tired when Im with people too long. ____ 69. I constantly question myself about what might go wrong. ____ 70. My style is to go back ad forth from one task to another. I like o keep moving.

____ 71. Some people take offense at my bluntness. ____ 72. Supportive relationships are very important to me. ____ 73. I dread being criticized or judged by others. ____ 74. I like feeling needed and helping others become more successful. ____ 75. I have energy to burn. The more I do, the better I feel; the better I feel, the more I do. ____ 76. I can be very sensitive to critical remarks and feel hurt at the tiniest slight. ____ 77. I get lost in my interest and like to be alone with them for hours. ____ 78. Being neat and orderly helps me feel more in control of my life. ____ 79. I often take verbal or physical risks. ____ 80. I may have a hard outer shell, but when I feel trusting, I can be vulnerable and loving. ____ 81. My friends say they feel relaxed, comfortable, and peaceful around me. ____ 82. I often feel guilty about not getting enough accomplished. ____ 83. I pay people compliments to reassure them and let them know they are special to me. ____ 84. I tend to avoid heavy talk about feelings. ____ 85. I easily soak up others pain. ____ 86. I tend to be self-reliant and keep my problems to myself. ____ 87. I can be cynical and sarcastic. ____ 88. I want to live the good life, which includes delicious foods and plenty of fun and adventure. ____ 89. My first reaction is often to blame someone. ____ 90. People say I am too passive and indecisive. ____ 91. I demonstrate my love through effort and hard work. ____ 92. If I dont get the closeness I need, I feel sad, hurt, and unimportant. ____ 93. I carry out my projects with purpose and passion. ____ 94. I am drawn to what is intense and out of the ordinary. ____ 95. I try not to be involved in confrontations, ____ 96. I usually dont trust anyone I have not know for a long time. ____ 97. I usually recover quickly from losses. ____ 98. My friends complain that I sometimes dismiss their point of view. ____ 99. I try not to place demands on others because I do not like having demands placed on me. ____ 100. You can always rely on me. ____ 101. People have said I exaggerate too much and am overly emotional. ____ 102. I fear getting too close and may move on when a relationship starts to become too serious. ____ 103. I have a flair for clothes and enjoy looking a little different. ____ 104. At times I wish I had better social skills. ____ 105. I often examine or test the loyalty of my friends. ____ 106. I make more plans that I actually carry out. ____ 107. I would rather be respected than liked. ____ 108. I am very attached to my habits and routines.
* Some questions come from the Enneagram Made Easy series by Renee Barons and Elizabeth Wageles., printed by HarperSanFrancisco.

Enneagram Answer Sheet Transfer answers from the questionnaire to this answer sheet by marking the appropriate box. Once you have marked all your answers, count the boxes that you have marked in each column down and write the total. Circle the total that is the highest. You have now identified your enneagram personality type (indicated by the number) If you have two equally high totals, look at the type number that has the most connects on the enneagram diagram below. 1 10 19 28 37 46 55 64 73 82 91 100 2 11 20 29 38 47 56 65 74 83 92 101 3 12 21 30 39 48 57 66 75 84 93 102 4 13 22 31 40 49 58 67 76 85 94 103 5 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 104 6 15 24 33 42 51 60 69 78 87 96 105 7 16 25 34 43 52 61 70 79 88 97 106 8 17 26 35 44 53 62 71 80 89 98 107 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90 99 108

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