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lighter. I want you to place the heaviest here and by its side 

 the one which is a little less heavy, and next to it one still a little 

 less heavy, and then one a little less heavy than that, and finally 

 here the lightest." Three trials made, the boxes mixed after 

 each. Two successes in three are required. 



42. "I am going to show you two drawings, and after you 

 have looked at them I shall take them away and ask you to draw 

 them from memory. You must look at them closely because 

 you will only have them for ten seconds, and this is a very short 

 time." (Drawings shown in Figure 8.) 



Fidl credit is given if the zvhole of one drawing and half 

 of the other is reproduced exactly. 



43. "I am going to read you some sentences ; in each one 

 of them there is something foolish or absurd. You listen care- 

 fully and tell me each time what it is that is foolish." 



(a) "An unlucky bicycle rider fell on his head and was 

 instantly killed ; they took him to the hospital and fear that he 

 cannot get well." After a pause — "What is foolish in that?" 



(b) "I have three brothers — Paul, Ernest, and myself." — 

 "What is foolish in that?" 



(c) "The body of a young girl cut into 18 pieces was 

 found yesterday. People think that she killed herself." — "What 

 is foolish in that?" 



(d) "There was a railroad accident yesterday, but not a 

 serious one ; only 48 persons were killed." — "What is foolish in 

 that?" 



(e) "A man said: Tf I should ever grow desperate and 

 kill myself, I should not use Friday, because Friday is an unlucky 

 day and might bring me unhappiness/ " — "What is foolish in 

 that?" 



Correct solution of three of the five statements required. 



44. (a) "If you were delayed on your way to school, what 

 would you do about it?" 



