Anybody who's a 30-something-year-old geek like me will know exactly what Dungeons & Dragons is. For those of you who actually dated and held jobs the last twenty years, D&D is a game using pen and paper where you pretend you're somebody else for a few hours with your other geeky buddies. Before the internet, D&D was our only form of escapism.

One thing that D&D had in it was an ethos system, a way to tell the philosophical bent of a character in the game. In a nutshell, a character could be lawful, or chaotic, or neutral. He could also be good, or evil, or neutral. This was a convenient way to pigeonhole characters into one of nine personality types: the tyrannical overlord of the small village is Lawful Evil. That crazy guy who will throw a rock at you one minute and tend a starving squirrel the next minute is Chaotic Neutral. And so forth.

Take the quiz below. For each question, there are four possible answers. Place a number from 1 to 4 in each response box, with 4 signifying your first choice, and 1 signifying your last choice. Make sure you put a number in every box!

Oh, and before you think I'm trying to claim this as an original work, let me say that this is a highly modified form of the questions provided here.

And now, on with the quiz!

1. The thing that drives me through the day is...
		Doing my part to do things right.
		Making things better for people.
		Enjoying the thrill of the moment.
		Acquiring wealth and power through this experience.
2. A job I would enjoy would be...
		As a soldier.
		As a pimp.
		As a doctor.
		Something that doesn't involve people.
3. My hero is...
		Robin Hood
		King Arthur
		Attilla the Hun
		Darth Vader
4. A good adjective do describe myself is...
		Loyal.
		Heroic.
		Wild.
		Sly.
5. A job isn't done until...
		I screw everybody else over.
		A good job is never done!
		Everybody's happy with the results.
		Screw that, it's done as soon as I can get my butt out the door.
6. Choose the statements that best describe you:
		Careful planning is the surest way to assure success.
		Opportunities come to those flexible enough to grasp them.
		Service to others is the best service of all.
		Look out for number one.
7. Choose the statements that best describe you:
		If people were free, crime would disappear.
		Prosperity for all is only possible where crime is controlled.
		Government makes it possible for the best people to rise to the top.
		The function of the police is to oppress those who are just trying to survive.
8. Choose the statements that best describe you:
		No race, be it white, black, or whatever, is better than any other race.
		The majority uses the system to subjugate the minority.
		For the greater to prosper, the lesser must sometimes suffer.
		Some races are just plain inferior.
9. Choose the statements that best describe you:
		The government which governs least governs best.
		The one who always does good need not fear the law.
		Without law, society would collapse.
		Any situation can be made to work to one's own advantage.
10. Choose the statements that best describe you:
		Each of us has a duty to all of us.
		Each of us has a duty to our country and its government.
		Each of us has a duty to himself.
		There is no common duty to all.