Because humans are complex beings, you probably won't be able to pick one answer to every question on the quiz. If that's the case, put your choices in order of preference -- with the best fit first, followed by the next choice and so on (your second choice can also be a useful tie-breaker, if needed).

Part 1
1. When planning your next vacation, you would love to be able to:
a) Head off alone to chill out and/or see some sights
b) Go visit a friend or take a romantic vacation with your mate
c) Get away with your family to a place that has something for everyone
d) Go on a cruise, take a group tour, share a ski cabin, or rent a villa with a bunch of friends

2. When coping with bad news such as a medical diagnosis, you are most likely to:
a) Keep it to yourself
b) Share your feelings with a trusted confidant
c) Tell your close friends and family so they can offer support
d) Spread the news so others will understand what you're going through or offer suggestions

3. If you were looking for a new job, you would like to be:
a) An entrepreneur with an innovative product who sinks or floats on your own merit
b) A partner in a top-notch company so you have some support but plenty of autonomy
c) Part of a hand-picked team that produces award-winning work
d) The head of a group in a large company with ample resources and prestigious projects

4. For New Year's Eve, if you could have any of these choices, you would love to:
a) Pretend it's not a holiday
b) Go out on a date with one special person
c) Celebrate with a small dinner party attended by your friends
d) Go to Times Square or a huge black-tie soiree

Part 2
1. For dinner with friends, you:
a) Cook one of your favourite recipes
b) Pick up a rotisserie chicken or takeout
c) Try a new cuisine

2. For your next vacation, you would love to go:
a) To a spa or beach resort, Disney, or the Grand Canyon
b) Gambling in Las Vegas or Monte Carlo
c) Rafting in Costa Rica or dogsledding in Alaska

3. When driving, you:
a) Tool along in the right lane going the speed limit
b) Shift into the left lane and flash your brights at slowpokes
c) Bail out on a traffic jam even if you don't know another route

4. Your favourite kind of leisure reading is:
a) The latest literary novel or a romance
b) A mystery or science fiction
c) Nonfiction such as travel, history or a biography

5. Picking out a video for Saturday night, you'd select:
a) When Harry met Sally, Shrek, Caddyshack, or anything starring Tom Hanks or Robin Williams
b) Speed, Matrix, Thelma and Louise, Miracle on Ice, or any movie starring Bruce Willis or about James Bond
c) Mr. & Mrs. Smith, What the Bleep Do We Know?, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, or any film with Star Wars or Indiana Jones in the title

Part 3
1. Your dream job would be one in which you were:
a) Left alone to get your work done so you can go home at the end of the day
b) The veteran in the group who can show others the ropes
c) Promoted into a position that stretches your abilities -- you can do it!

2. In high school, your main goal was to:
a) Learn, get decent grades, and graduate
b) Get into the college of your choice or land a good job
c) Secure a spot on the honour roll or become the valedictorian

3. If you had unlimited time and funds, you would:
a) Buy an island getaway
b) Visit one place on each continent
c) Climb Mount Everest

4. In games such as charades, checkers, Pictionary, Cranium or Scrabble, you most hope to:
a) Have fun
b) Make a few great moves
c) Win

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Excerpted from The Chelsea Piers Fitness Solution by Elena Rover. Copyright 2007 ASAP Media LLC. Reprinted with permission of Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.