What Trickster Are You? Engl. 165 Final
The only thing though that all tricksters seem to have in common is that they are deceitful. How and why they are deceitful varies with the time and place the character originates from. Even though some of the specifics in these tales are lost on us the spirit of these that makes us understand tales from far off places. Whether tricksters bring a touch of humanity to the divine and animalistic or vice versa is debatable, but it meshes both either way. Margret Baker puts it perfectly when she says that "the trickster figure is not dead, Read moreonly expanded and refocused in order to retain his relevance in modern society"(Baker, p. 157). Now you, in your modern day trickiness, exhibit trickstery traits. It is a broad archetype though, knowing your subcategory is the rub. So click on.
- 1.
The science teacher leaves a Tesla Coil in the room and says not to touch it while she is gone. Do you touch it?
- A.
Yes, I turn it on
- B.
No, I'm to busy eating and checking Twitter
- C.
Yes, I hide it. Maybe she will get fired and there wont be a final
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- 2.
You skipped Engl 165 today. Why?
- A.
I slept in
- B.
I went to Starbucks instead
- C.
I was busy flirting up some chick/dude
- D.
It was advising day and I wanted to make Caitlin look bad because she gave me a bad grade
- E.
I got lost...
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- 3.
You are going on a fishing trip this weekend. What are you going to do at it?
- A.
Swim in the stream
- B.
Beg for salmon to get stuck in your trap
- C.
Bring home fish you've caught
- D.
Eat fish that everyone else caught while you were texting
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- 4.
Your cousin is dating a very attractive guy/girl. One day when you two are alone they say they want to break up with your cousin and date you instead. You think they are attractive and know it would crush your cousin. Do you go out with them?
- A.
No
- B.
Yes
- C.
I'm content with my bf/gf I have
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- 5.
Do you read instruction manuals?
- A.
No, those are for stupid people
- B.
Of course...
- C.
Yes
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- 6.
You teach Engl 165 and you have lost all the blue journals that you were supposed to hand back tomorow. How are you going to handle this?
- A.
I will blame it all on my cat. It just destroyed them all, it was so horrible :'(
- B.
I will tell them I've decided to push back the deadline for turning in loose pages so they think I'm doing them a favor
- C.
I'm going to bed. Maybe they just wont notice...
- D.
I will tell them they all did so badly I'm going to throw the grade out and give them a new assigment
- E.
They probably never look at my comments anyway so I will just put crap grades in new blue colored books and hand those out!
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- 7.
Don't you just love hanging around your room in your Birthday suit?!
- A.
Um No...
- B.
Yeah!
- C.
Maybe. Is someone attractive there with me?
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- 8.
Have you ever pretended it was your Birthday to get free food?
- A.
I do that like once a month
- B.
Yes
- C.
No but I've said it was my friends Bday when it wasn't to tick him off. It was hilarious
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- 9.
When you were in middle school and a bully wanted to pound you how did you get out of it?
- A.
I was trying to run past him, but I accidentally tripped him and broke his arm.
- B.
I talked him out of it
- C.
I convinced him I would be more ashamed of not being beaten for being puny
- D.
I told him my friend was talking smack about him to draw attention away from myself
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- 10.
Your friend is passed out on the couch. How do you respond?
- A.
I draw inappropriate pictures on their face with a marker
- B.
I raid their fridge
- C.
I hit on their similarly aged sibling
- D.
I think its rude so I kick them
- E.
I don't notice and keep and talking to them
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