Did I need reminding that it's Online Test Day at Classical Values? Take this test -- please! Take my blog -- please!

What better way to begin the Sabbath than to find out you're Jewish and didn't even didn't know it! From Dean Esmay, I found a test which shouldn't really have surprised me, because for most of my life people have thought I was Jewish (I don't know why exactly), and I have been told by Jewish friends that I just "seem" Jewish. I am not aware of how I seem that way, but this test seems to confirm it:

You're incredibly Jewish!


How Jewish are You?
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What can I say other than "Oy vey" -- which rhymes with Dean Esmay, who's at least as Jewish as I am!

THE BAREST TRUTH: Although I was not baptized, I was sent to a Christian school, and my dad was a borderline atheist who nonetheless took me to Catholic and Unitarian churches.... But enough kvetching about the personal details of my life, OK?

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I am not entirely sure about the relationship between my Jewish tendencies and Harry Potter (something which might require heady theological research), but the next test -- from the Blogosphere's Great Test Giver, Ghost of a flea -- revealed this:

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

Once again I broke with my usual pattern of having the same result as the Flea, who is Severus Snape, an INTJ.

I am not sure about these psychological profiles, and I am reminded of my days as a freshman in college, when the graduate students forced all Psychology 1A students to take detailed psychological inventory tests. I did not like my results, and, being an inquisitive sort who only wanted to learn, I asked to examine the mechanics of the scoring -- something the know-it-alls refused to allow because (they said) "That information is only made available to graduate students."

"Elitist pricks," I thought, and I dropped the course. (Another career nipped in the bud, in the interests of "higher learning.")

And now I see that my character (Draco Malfoy) is "the archenemy of Harry Potter and all those who befriend him."

Once again, I really should protest (but methinks not too much....)

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So here I am, 32 years after dropping Psych 1A, still looking for answers. Dave Tepper helped out with a very cool test -- "Which famous poet are you?"

You are Homer! An epic poet circa 800 B.C., Homer
is the expression of the ancient Greek ideal.
His characters embark upon long and wordy
quests and engage in battles of heroic length.
Monsters are slain and cities are razed. Fun
and glory all around!


Which famous poet are you? (pictures and many outcomes)
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The old gods will, I hope, be happy with my result, which might not count towards a degree in anything, but at least offers some validation to my ongoing love affair with the ancients (and my defensiveness about those who would abuse ancient knowledge to empower modern statism).

Life's an odyssey, and I think we should make it last as long as possible.

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But what Classic novel is appropriate for a Jewish, Homeric ESTP, trapped in the modern world and in love with the ancients? From Ordinary Galoot, I found an old favorite:

Darling, it seems that you belong in Gone with the
Wind; the proper place for a romantic. You
belong in a tumultous world of changes and
opportunities, where your independence paves
the road for your survival. It is trying being
both a cynic and a dreamer, no?


Which Classic Novel do You Belong In?
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I read and reread that novel when I was in my teens, and I don't mind being assigned a "proper place" in it.

As to what my proper place is, well, do I give a damn?

Do I have to answer that question?

No; it would break the suspense!