Enneagram Test Basic Enneagram 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Enneagram type is known as 'The Enthusiast' and seeks stimulation and variety to avoid pain?
- Type 6
- Type 7 (Correct answer)
- Type 8
- Type 9
Correct answer: Type 7
Type 7, The Enthusiast, constantly seeks new experiences and keeps options open to avoid boredom, limitation, and pain.
Question 2: What is the Enneagram's 'integration' direction also commonly called?
- Stress point
- Security point (Correct answer)
- Shadow point
- Growth point
Correct answer: Security point
The integration direction, also called the security or growth point, shows which type's healthy traits a person begins to embody when thriving.
Question 3: In Enneagram theory, what are the three 'instinctual subtypes' that further differentiate each type?
- Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual (One-to-One) (Correct answer)
- Physical, Emotional, and Mental
- Fear, Shame, and Anger
- Gut, Heart, and Head
Correct answer: Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual (One-to-One)
Each of the nine types is further nuanced by three instinctual drives: Self-Preservation, Social, and Sexual (One-to-One).
Question 4: Type 9, 'The Peacemaker,' typically avoids which core emotion most strongly?
- Shame
- Fear
- Anger (Correct answer)
- Sadness
Correct answer: Anger
Type 9s tend to merge with others and go along to avoid conflict, often numbing or suppressing their own anger.
Question 5: Which Enneagram type is associated with the virtue of 'serenity' as their path toward health?
- Type 1 (Correct answer)
- Type 5
- Type 9
- Type 3
Correct answer: Type 1
Type 1's virtue is serenity—moving from inner criticism and resentment toward acceptance of what is.
Question 6: In the Enneagram system, what does 'Holy Idea' refer to?
- The spiritual gift associated with each type's integration point
- A higher objective truth each type has lost contact with, driving their fixation (Correct answer)
- The ethical code each type is drawn to follow
- The moral lesson from each type's childhood wound
Correct answer: A higher objective truth each type has lost contact with, driving their fixation
Holy Ideas are the higher-level spiritual or objective truths that each type lost touch with, creating their ego fixation and personality pattern.
Question 7: A person described as a '4w5' on the Enneagram has which core type and wing?
- Core Type 5 with a Type 4 wing
- Core Type 4 with a Type 5 wing (Correct answer)
- Core Type 4 with a Type 3 wing
- Core Type 5 with a Type 6 wing
Correct answer: Core Type 4 with a Type 5 wing
'4w5' means the person's core type is 4 (The Individualist) with a Type 5 wing influencing their personality.
Enneagram Test Basic Enneagram 3
Which Enneagram type is known as 'The Enthusiast' and seeks stimulation and variety to avoid pain?