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That is the whole point. You are supposed to answer with the truth. Not try and get a low score. If there are 2000 questions it also indicates there are questions that cross reference to other questions and try to catch you out. Also that question is odd because 'ever' includes when you were a child.
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One more problem with these so-called purity tests is that they ar not clear on whether marriage makes you "impure", that is, if you did some of these "activities" within marraige, are you supposed to answer "yes" or "no". For example, one question commonly asked is "Have you ever been completely
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While I appreciate the documentation of the evolution of purity tests from the apparently original sexual purity test, I'm surprised that there are no references here to the purity tests conducted by would-be manufacturers of PC clones. You know, the meetings with a technically savvy inquisitor
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