Enneagram Test Enneagram 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Enneagram type most associated with the passion of 'Gluttony' and avoidance of pain through seeking pleasure is:
- Type 3
- Type 8
- Type 7 (Correct answer)
- Type 2
Correct answer: Type 7
Type 7, The Enthusiast, has the passion of Gluttony — an insatiable desire for more experiences to avoid inner pain.
Question 2: In the Enneagram, 'fixation' refers to:
- A type's highest developmental goal
- The mental habit or cognitive distortion that perpetuates the ego's trance (Correct answer)
- The specific career best suited to a type
- The integration arrow direction
Correct answer: The mental habit or cognitive distortion that perpetuates the ego's trance
Each type's fixation is a compulsive mental pattern — such as Type 1's 'resentment' or Type 5's 'stinginess' — that maintains the ego structure.
Question 3: Which Enneagram type is most associated with 'merging' with others' desires and losing their own sense of self?
- Type 2
- Type 6
- Type 9 (Correct answer)
- Type 3
Correct answer: Type 9
Type 9, The Peacemaker, tends to merge with others' agendas and can lose contact with their own needs and preferences.
Question 4: The Self-Preservation instinctual variant of Type 8 is sometimes called the 'Satisfactory Survival' subtype and tends to be:
- More openly aggressive and expansive
- More introverted and focused on material security and negotiation (Correct answer)
- More socially focused and group-oriented
- More romantically intense and possessive
Correct answer: More introverted and focused on material security and negotiation
The sp/8 subtype is often less obviously aggressive, focusing on building security, negotiating resources, and protecting their domain.
Question 5: Riso and Hudson's Levels of Development model describes how many levels of psychological health for each Enneagram type?
- 5
- 7
- 9 (Correct answer)
- 12
Correct answer: 9
Don Riso and Russ Hudson describe 9 Levels of Development — from Level 1 (liberated) to Level 9 (pathological) — for each type.
Question 6: A core concept in Enneagram teaching is that each type has a 'Basic Proposition' — a childhood strategy that became a fixed belief. For Type 3, this proposition is best summarized as:
- 'I am loved if I am good and do the right thing'
- 'I am loved if I am successful and admirable' (Correct answer)
- 'I am loved if I keep everyone happy'
- 'I am loved if I am unique and authentic'
Correct answer: 'I am loved if I am successful and admirable'
Type 3's Basic Proposition is that love and worth come from achievement and a successful image, not from simply being.
Question 7: Which pair of Enneagram types form the 'Compliant' stance in the Hornevian groups?
- Types 3, 7, 8
- Types 1, 2, 6 (Correct answer)
- Types 4, 5, 9
- Types 2, 5, 8
Correct answer: Types 1, 2, 6
Types 1, 2, and 6 form the Compliant (or Dutiful) group, as they move toward others and follow rules or expectations.
Enneagram Test Enneagram 5
The Enneagram type most associated with the passion of 'Gluttony' and avoidance of pain through seeking pleasure is: