Rice Purity Test

The Rice Purity Test — also known simply as the "purity test" — was written at Rice University. It began as an informal 1924 survey in the student paper The Rice Thresher about 119 female undergraduates and 'secret' behaviours like drinking and wanting to appear attractive, then morphed through many edits, moved online in 1980, and hit its first web version in 1994.

It’s a classic 100-question checklist of life experiences — from the thrill of a first hand-hold to far bolder adventures — asking you, point by point: have I done it? Your score equals the number of things you’ve never done. The more “No”s you tick, the higher your purity. It isn’t a verdict; it’s just an honest number for the road you’re on.

A few items touch on private information or may not sit easily with every culture and set of values, and the original is written in English, so some English reading helps. Please look it over and judge for yourself whether you’d like to take part.