Online Quizzes
...like “Have you ever engaged in oral or anal sex?” I was taken aback by the nature of some of the questions. Understanding that this quiz is strictly for amusement purposes only, I answered each question honestly. After I completed this test, I was informed that I would be in the third level of Hell. To quote my results of this quiz, “In the third circle, you find yourself amidst eternal rain, maledict, cold, and heavy. The gluttons are punished here, lying in the filthy mixture of shadows and of putrid water. Because you consumed in excess, you meet your fate beneath the cold, dirty rain, amidst the other souls that there lay unhappily in the stinking mud. Cerebus, a canine monster cruel and uncouth with his three heads and red eyes, dwells in this level. He growls and tears at the damned with his teeth and claws.” The answer I received is pretty scary. Once I finished this quiz, I thought about an essay I read in my English book, Models For Writers, Short Essays For Composition, (Rosa, Eschholz). The essay is called Intelligence and was written by Isaac Asimov. In this essay, the author writes about an IQ test that he has taken. He is basically comparing his intelligence to that of his auto mechanic. My understanding of the basic message in that essay is that the author has taken this IQ test, but questions how smart he really is. People of similar intelligence as him wrote the IQ test. The message is: He is highly knowledgeable in certain areas, but not so smart in other areas. He looks at his auto mechanic, who probably would not score...