By William F. Bultas
Script and Formatting By Tommy Smith
An analogy is a relationship between words that takes the form of A : B :: C : D, which means the same as A is to B as C is to D. You will find analogies on college entrance tests such as the SAT, GRE, MAT, & on some IQ tests, such as the ones offered by Mensa. However, these analogies are, on average, unusually difficult, even so in comparison to most of those on the tests just mentioned. The good news is that the 30 analogies are multiple choice, & there is no time limit, except that you should try to complete them in one session if possible. Please do not use books or any other reference aids. If more than one answer looks like it could be correct, choose the BEST answer. Guess on any problems for which you are not sure of the answer - do not leave any problems unanswered.
In any case, do your best, & have fun! Click "Score" at the end of the test when you are finished to receive your score & approximated intelligence/knowledge level, see which problems you missed, and to see all of the correct answers with explanations.
1. polyglot : languages :: polyphagous :
destiny
food
caudal
rings
2. confident : sanguine :: dregs :
rags
dust
dross
ewer
3. simile : metaphor :: like :
is
was
pretend
has
4. I'll be back : Arnold :: make my day :
George
Clint
Mark
Tom
5. epitaph : grave :: epilogue :
beginning
middle
end
top
6. child : human :: poult :
horse
bird
canine
snail
7. Thursday : Thor :: Friday :
Freya
Frigga
Frida
Friday
8. Baluchi : Pakistan :: Flemish :
Kashmir
Balkans
Belgium
Cornwall
9. gallon : 4 quarts :: parasang :
about 2 inches
about 11 meters
about 2 miles
about 6 kilometers
10. dorsal : back :: volar :
top
bottom
mouth
palm
11. Molly Brown : sink :: Bill Clinton :
inhale
elected
campaign
sing
12. riparian : bank :: empirical :
river
mountain
experience
adventure
13. misnomer : wrong :: pseudonym :
wrong
middle
family
false
14. erstwhile : former :: mithridate :
latter
current
antidote
toxin
15. escutcheon : scutcheon :: fabulist :
abulist
reporter
violinist
liar
16. muddled : confused :: addled :
confused
beaten
awake
laughing
17. effete : fructuous :: chapfallen :
crestfallen
effervescent
barren
precipitous
18. 3 : 11 :: 3 :
Mark
Erik
Jack
Link
19. selenology : moon :: epistemology :
flowers
books
libraries
knowledge
20. commence : end :: born :
birth
adulthood
die
end
21. sufi : mystic :: eider :
swan
duck
tree
swamp
22. inter : exhume :: piebald :
homogeneous
heterogeneous
detour
spurn
23. apothecary : drugs :: cruciverbalist :
magic
articles
crosswords
candles
24. Narcissus : flower :: Io :
mare
heifer
crow
dung
25. complete : compleat :: surgeon :
surgone
surgoen
surgeon
chirurgeon
26. voluble : loquacious :: puma :
cougar
leopard
lion
wolf
27. murrey : black :: magenta :
green
blue
yellow
red
28. nim : counters :: craps :
cards
coins
jacks
dice
29. faithfulness : infidelity :: Penelope :
Clytemnestra
Dadava
Leonias
Tevarinus
30. scurvy : vitamin C :: kwashiorkor :
calcium
water
kelp
protein