The Examinations

Instruments for the measurement of mind. Each is built to end in failure, and to end there exactly where the Fellow’s discipline ends. Practice moves the projection; only the Diagnostic moves the rank.

Begin here

The Preliminary

Movements

About

11 min

Folio IThe Instruments

Attention

2 instruments

Attention · 6 minSustained AttentionContinuous ReadingProse scrolls at a fixed pace. Probe questions interrupt without warning.First chair · XXXIBegin

Speed · 4 minProcessing SpeedSymbol SubstitutionSymbols map to digits. The allowance tightens with every answer given.First chair · XLIIBegin

Reading

3 instruments

Reasoning · 5 minReasoningDerivation from stated factA passage is dealt; the question is withheld until the mark on the clock. Five rungs a round, anchored to your rank.First chair · XXIVBegin

Reading · 5 minReading RecallPassage RetentionRead a passage. Be examined on it at once, and again after a delay.First chair · XVIIBegin

Reasoning · 5 minThe ObjectionInhibition & ShiftingClaims stream against a standing argument. Accept, or press and hold to object.First chair · XVForthcoming

Writing

One instrument

Writing · 4 minThe PrécisGist & CompressionRead the argument; it sinks from view. Reconstruct it in exactly three details.First chair · XIIForthcoming

Memory

2 instruments

Memory · 4 minWorking MemoryDual-Modality SpanPositions and letters at once, N back. The level climbs until it cannot.First chair · IXBegin

Memory · 4 minThe SceneConstruction from DescriptionA place, described a sentence at a time. Then four drawings — one is the place.First chair · XXIIBegin

Folio IIYour Bests

Lifetime best, per Examination

The dossier →

ReasoningDerivation from stated fact—Begin →Working MemoryDual N-Back—Begin →Digit SpanForward Recall—Begin →Reading RecallPassage Retention—Begin →Sustained AttentionThe Halt—Begin →Processing SpeedSymbol–Digit Substitution—Begin →The SceneConstruction from Description—Begin →The ConsequenceDerivation from Stated Fact—Begin →

Δ is an institution-internal score. Practice Examinations update the Fellow’s Working Δ. Standing Δ is drawn only from the fortnightly Diagnostic. Δ is not an IQ test, not a medical assessment, and not a diagnosis.