Enneagram Test Enneagram 5

Question 1

The Enneagram type most associated with the passion of 'Gluttony' and avoidance of pain through seeking pleasure is:

Accepted Answer

Type 7

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

The mental habit or cognitive distortion that perpetuates the ego's trance

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Type 9

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

More introverted and focused on material security and negotiation

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

Don Riso and Russ Hudson describe 9 Levels of Development — from Level 1 (liberated) to Level 9 (pathological) — for each type.

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