How Evil are YOU?

From getting revenge to manipulating a friend, all of us have a dark side.

Now there’s a quiz that that tells you just how ‘evil’ you are.

It measures Machiavellian, narcissistic and psychopathic traits to tell you whether you are ‘occasionally vile’ or ‘decidedly dastardly’ for example.

The quiz was created by BBC Future and inspired by questionnaires developed by psychologists Delroy Paulhus and Daniel Jones.

It measures the personality traits described as the ‘dark triad.’

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Fictional character Frank Underwood, in House of Cards is a good example of a Machiavellian person, for example.

Narcissism is characterised by grandiosity, pride, egotism, and a lack of empathy and could perhaps be exemplified by the character Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.

Psychopathy is characterised by enduring antisocial behaviour, impulsivity, selfishness, callousness, and remorselessness.

Famous psychopaths in films include Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs and Norman Bates in Psycho.

While extreme versions of these traits are sometimes associated with murderers, experts believe a combination of the ‘dark’ traits may help people succeed in life and reach a position of wealth and power, for example.

To complete the quiz, users measure their own ‘dark side’ by answering questions about their Machiavellianism, narcissistic and psychopathic tendencies, by either agreeing or disagreeing with statements such as: ‘I use clever manipulation to get my way’ and ‘I hate being the centre of attention.’

At the end of three pages of questions – which take less than five minutes to complete – users receive a result.

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