Centre for Optimism's Optimism Quiz Survey

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1. What is Optimism?

Optimism is an expectation that good things will happen and that things will work out in the end.

Optimism is when you put a positive spin on everything.

Optimism is believing that the future will be favourable because we can control important outcomes.

Other (please specify)

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2. Who said, “Choose optimism. It feels better."

The Dalai Lama

Oprah Winfrey

Deepak Chopra

Taylor Swift

Socrates

Aristotle

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3. Optimism is derived from the Latin word Optimus, which means "best."

True

False

Other (please specify)

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4. Who said "I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed towards the sun, one’s feet moving forward."

Professor Martin Seligman

Gandhi

Thomas Suddendorf, Evolutionary Psychologist

Julius Caeser

Albert Einstein

Nelson Mandela

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5. Experts say optimism can be learned. What is a way of increasing your optimism?

Surround Yourself with Optimists

Laugh Like an Optimist

Do Yoga

Meditate

Pray

Practise Gratitude

Smile Like an Optimist

Read Some Optimism Every Day

Other (please specify)

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6. Who said, "I continue to be, and describe myself, as that most unusual and perhaps implausible of creatures in this day and age – an incorrigible optimist."

President Bill Clinton

Professor Gareth Evans, Former Australian Foreign Minister

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Noam Chomsky

President Donald Trump

Bill Gates

Other (please specify)

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7. How do you become a more infectiously optimistic leader?

Ask yourself “what makes me optimistic?”

Write down your own arguments for infectiously optimistic leadership. Speak them out loud.

Ask your family, what makes them optimistic.

Ask your workmates, what makes them optimistic

Other (please specify)

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8. Who said, "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

General Colin Powell

General George Patton

George Washington

Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Mao Zedong

Pancho Villa

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9. Pessimism is the opposite of optimism.

True

False

Maybe

Other (please specify)

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10. Who said, "There is no country on earth that prospers without optimism”

Indonesian ‪President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo

Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini

Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen

President Barack Obama

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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11. Which of these is an idiom of optimism?

There is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

Count your blessings.

Hang in there.

Keep your chin up.

Hope against hope.

See the world through rose-colored glasses.

Things have a way of working out for the best.

See the glass half-full instead of half-empty.

Things work out in the end.

When one door closes, another one opens.

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

There are plenty of fish in the sea.

Everything is coming up roses.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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12. Who said, "I am an optimist not because I blindly hope - all evidence to the contrary - that somehow everything will work out all right. Nor am I an optimist because I believe in man's unlimited ability to solve his problems. I am an optimist ultimately because I believe in God."

Billy Graham

Pope Francis

Saint Josemaria Escriva

St Paul

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13. Individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve “exceptional longevity,”

True

False

Other (please specify)

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14. Who said, "I have always been deeply ‪optimistic about the potential of ‪technology to make the world a better place. If we get this right, future generations will look back on ‪climate change as a problem that we solved by determined global action and the prowess of technology."

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Bill Gates

Elon Musk

Mark Zuckerberg

Vice President Al Gore

Microsoft's Satya Nadella

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15. Optimism has been found to be a protective factor against depression and anxiety.

True

False

Other (please specify)

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16. Optimistic thinking can be a helpful way to cope with a challenging situation.

Strongly agree

Agree

Somewhat agree

Neither agree nor disagree

Somewhat disagree

Strongly disagree

Other (please specify)

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17. Who was Pollyanna?

Pollyanna Whittier in the novel 'Pollyanna' by Eleanor H. Porter

The character played by Hayley Mills in the Disney film Pollyanna

The character played by Mary Pickford in the 1920 silent film Pollyanna

A pessimist

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Centre for Optimism's Optimism Quiz

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* 1. What is Optimism?

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* 2. Who said, “Choose optimism. It feels better."

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* 3. Optimism is derived from the Latin word Optimus, which means "best."

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* 4. Who said "I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed towards the sun, one’s feet moving forward."

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* 5. Experts say optimism can be learned. What is a way of increasing your optimism?

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* 6. Who said, "I continue to be, and describe myself, as that most unusual and perhaps implausible of creatures in this day and age – an incorrigible optimist."

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* 7. How do you become a more infectiously optimistic leader?

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* 8. Who said, "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

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* 9. Pessimism is the opposite of optimism.

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* 10. Who said, "There is no country on earth that prospers without optimism”

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* 11. Which of these is an idiom of optimism?

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* 12. Who said, "I am an optimist not because I blindly hope - all evidence to the contrary - that somehow everything will work out all right. Nor am I an optimist because I believe in man's unlimited ability to solve his problems. I am an optimist ultimately because I believe in God."

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* 13. Individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve “exceptional longevity,”

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* 14. Who said, "I have always been deeply ‪optimistic about the potential of ‪technology to make the world a better place. If we get this right, future generations will look back on ‪climate change as a problem that we solved by determined global action and the prowess of technology."

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* 15. Optimism has been found to be a protective factor against depression and anxiety.

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* 16. Optimistic thinking can be a helpful way to cope with a challenging situation.

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* 17. Who was Pollyanna?

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* 18. If you'd like a free one-year subscription to The Centre for Optimism, please fill in your details below.

1. What is Optimism?

2. Who said, “Choose optimism. It feels better."

3. Optimism is derived from the Latin word Optimus, which means "best."

4. Who said "I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed towards the sun, one’s feet moving forward."

5. Experts say optimism can be learned. What is a way of increasing your optimism?

6. Who said, "I continue to be, and describe myself, as that most unusual and perhaps implausible of creatures in this day and age – an incorrigible optimist."

7. How do you become a more infectiously optimistic leader?

8. Who said, "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

9. Pessimism is the opposite of optimism.

10. Who said, "There is no country on earth that prospers without optimism”

11. Which of these is an idiom of optimism?

12. Who said, "I am an optimist not because I blindly hope - all evidence to the contrary - that somehow everything will work out all right. Nor am I an optimist because I believe in man's unlimited ability to solve his problems. I am an optimist ultimately because I believe in God."

13. Individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve “exceptional longevity,”

14. Who said, "I have always been deeply ‪optimistic about the potential of ‪technology to make the world a better place. If we get this right, future generations will look back on ‪climate change as a problem that we solved by determined global action and the prowess of technology."

15. Optimism has been found to be a protective factor against depression and anxiety.

16. Optimistic thinking can be a helpful way to cope with a challenging situation.

17. Who was Pollyanna?

18. If you'd like a free one-year subscription to The Centre for Optimism, please fill in your details below.