Machiavelli Personality Test

So, what's your Mach score?

Help me get blog-thing rolling & post your score or whatever below as a comment. Thanks!

Machiavelli personality test

This survey at Salon.com has 20 questions, takes 2-5 minutes: "Range is 1-100.  Most fall somewhere in the middle, but there's a significant minority at either extreme."  Survey says:

This survey itself measures only one thing -- whether you subscribe to the ideas of a 16th century Italian political philosopher. But experiments have shown that reactions to Machiavelli act as a kind of litmus test, delineating differences in temperament that can be confirmed with more traditional personality inventories.

High Machs constitute a distinct type: charming, confident and glib, but also arrogant, calculating and cynical, prone to manipulate and exploit.

(Think Rupert Murdoch, or if your politics permit it, President Clinton.)

True low Machs, however, can be kind of dependent, submissive and socially inept. So be sure to invite a high Mach or two to your next dinner party.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Chris wrote:

I just finished your 'Bama article on Clark-Works.  I've read bits and pieces on Facebook and through email, but the completed article is truly fantastic.  Powerful and well written, dear Clark.  I'm so impressed with your writing skills and powers of observation on the world around us, and honored to be your friend. -Chris

Chris, you are clearly the one to blame for this!  You didn't think I would fail to exploit this compliment, did you.  What, me a "high Mach" scoring 62?  Think again, boyo!
 

Seriously, I've let this blog linger on a dusty desuetude for a year or so now.  Maybe I can do something with it.  The idea is to have fun.

So g'ahead.  Be the first second Clark-Works Commenter ever!  (Who copped firsties as the one and only "Anonymous Commenter" to appear at Clark-Works?   You get 62 guesses.)