Rice Purity Test

All 100 Rice Purity Test questions

Below is the complete Rice Purity Test — every one of the 100 questions, in the order they appear on the test. Each question asks whether you have ever done the thing described. Every yes costs you one point from a starting score of 100.

The list is grouped here by theme to make it readable. The groupings are ours; the questions and their order are the standard ones that have circulated since the test left Rice University.

Where a question uses old campus slang or is easy to misread, a short note underneath explains what it is actually asking.

A note before you read: the test was written for college students and the second half is explicit about sex, drugs and run-ins with the law. It is not written for children.

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1–16Dating, kissing and first physical contact

The opening stretch is deliberately gentle — holding hands, a first date, a first kiss. Almost everyone loses their first points here, which is why the test feels easy before it does not.

  1. 1
    Held hands romantically?
  2. 2
    Been on a date?
  3. 3
    Been in a relationship?
  4. 4
    Danced without leaving room for Jesus?

    Slow-danced pressed close to someone; the phrase comes from school and church dances where chaperones told couples to leave space between them “for Jesus”.

  5. 5
    Kissed a non-family member?
  6. 6
    Kissed a non-family member on the lips?
  7. 7
    French kissed?
  8. 8
    French kissed in public?
  9. 9
    Kissed on the neck?
  10. 10
    Kissed horizontally?

    Kissed while lying down together, rather than standing or sitting.

  11. 11
    Given or received a hickey?
  12. 12
    Kissed or been kissed on the breast?
  13. 13
    Kissed someone below the belt?
  14. 14
    Kissed for more than two hours consecutively?

    One continuous make-out session that lasted over two hours — not two hours added up over time.

  15. 15
    Played a game involving stripping?
  16. 16
    Seen or been seen by another person in a sensual context?

    Been naked or partly undressed in front of someone in a romantic or sexual situation — not in a locker room or at the doctor’s.

17–22Masturbation and pornography

Six questions about things done alone. They are also the questions people most often lie about, which is worth remembering before comparing scores with anyone.

  1. 17
    Masturbated?
  2. 18
    Masturbated to a picture or video?
  3. 19
    Masturbated while someone else was in the room?
  4. 20
    Been caught masturbating?
  5. 21
    Masturbated with an inanimate object?
  6. 22
    Seen or read pornographic material?

23–43Partnered sexual activity

The longest run before intercourse: touching, oral sex, sexting and the logistics that come with a shared room. "MPS" in these items is the test’s old shorthand for "member of the preferred sex".

  1. 23
    Massaged or been massaged sensually?
  2. 24
    Gone through the motions of intercourse while fully dressed?

    Moved together as if having sex while both of you kept your clothes on, often called dry humping.

  3. 25
    Undressed or been undressed by a MPS (member of the preferred sex)?

    MPS is the test’s old abbreviation for “member of the preferred sex” — whoever you are attracted to.

  4. 26
    Showered with a MPS?

    Showered together with someone you are attracted to (an MPS, “member of the preferred sex”).

  5. 27
    Fondled or had your butt cheeks fondled?
  6. 28
    Fondled or had your breasts fondled?
  7. 29
    Fondled or had your genitals fondled?
  8. 30
    Had or given “blue balls”?

    Slang for the ache some people with testicles feel after a long time aroused without release; “given” means you caused it for someone else.

  9. 31
    Had an orgasm due to someone else’s manipulation?
  10. 32
    Sent a sexually explicit text or instant message?
  11. 33
    Sent or received sexually explicit photographs?
  12. 34
    Engaged in sexually explicit activity over video chat?
  13. 35
    Cheated on a significant other during a relationship?
  14. 36
    Purchased contraceptives?
  15. 37
    Gave oral sex?
  16. 38
    Received oral sex?
  17. 39
    Ingested someone else’s genital secretion?

    Swallowed or otherwise took in another person’s semen or vaginal fluid, usually during oral sex.

  18. 40
    Used a sex toy with a partner?
  19. 41
    Spent the night with a MPS?

    Stayed the night in the same bed as someone you are attracted to; sex is not required for a yes.

  20. 42
    Been walked in on while engaging in a sexual act?
  21. 43
    Kicked a roommate out to commit a sexual act?

    Asked a roommate to leave your shared room so you could be intimate with someone, known on campus as “sexiling”.

44–52Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs

Nine substance questions, escalating from a first drink to hard drugs. This block is where scores diverge sharply between people with otherwise similar answers.

  1. 44
    Ingested alcohol in a non-religious context?

    Drunk alcohol anywhere other than a religious ritual — communion wine or a glass at a Passover seder does not count.

  2. 45
    Played a drinking game?
  3. 46
    Been drunk?
  4. 47
    Faked sobriety to parents or teachers?

    Pretended to be sober in front of a parent or teacher while you were actually drunk or high.

  5. 48
    Had severe memory loss due to alcohol?
  6. 49
    Used tobacco?
  7. 50
    Used marijuana?
  8. 51
    Used a drug stronger than marijuana?
  9. 52
    Used methamphetamine, crack cocaine, PCP, horse tranquilizers or heroin?

53–66Discipline, police and the law

From a visit to the dean’s office to a felony conviction. Most people answer no to nearly all of these, which is why very low scores are so rare.

  1. 53
    Been sent to the office of a principal, dean or judicial affairs representative for a disciplinary infraction?
  2. 54
    Been put on disciplinary probation or suspended?
  3. 55
    Urinated in public?
  4. 56
    Gone skinny-dipping?
  5. 57
    Gone streaking?

    Run naked through a public place, usually as a dare or a prank.

  6. 58
    Seen a stripper?
  7. 59
    Had the police called on you?
  8. 60
    Run from the police?
  9. 61
    Had the police question you?
  10. 62
    Had the police handcuff you?
  11. 63
    Been arrested?
  12. 64
    Been convicted of a crime?

    Been found guilty in court of any criminal offense, including a misdemeanor; an arrest or a charge without a conviction does not count.

  13. 65
    Been convicted of a felony?

    Been found guilty of a felony, the more serious class of crime, usually punishable in the US by more than a year in prison.

  14. 66
    Committed an act of vandalism?

67–100Sexual intercourse

The final third covers intercourse and its variations in increasing detail, ending with a handful of items most takers will never answer yes to.

  1. 67
    Had sexual intercourse?
  2. 68
    Had sexual intercourse three or more times in one night?
  3. 69
    69?
  4. 70
    Had sexual intercourse 10 or more times?
  5. 71
    Had sexual intercourse in four or more positions?
  6. 72
    Had sexual intercourse with a stranger or person you met within 24 hours?
  7. 73
    Had sexual intercourse in a motor vehicle?
  8. 74
    Had sexual intercourse outdoors?
  9. 75
    Had sexual intercourse in public?
  10. 76
    Had sexual intercourse in a swimming pool or hot tub?
  11. 77
    Had sexual intercourse in a bed not belonging to you or your partner?
  12. 78
    Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner’s parents were in the same home?
  13. 79
    Had sexual intercourse with non-participating third party in the same room?

    Had sex while someone else who was not involved — a sleeping roommate, say — was in the same room.

  14. 80
    Joined the mile high club?

    Had sex on an airplane in flight.

  15. 81
    Participated in a “booty call” with a partner whom you were not in a relationship with?

    Met up with someone you were not dating specifically to have sex, typically after a late-night message.

  16. 82
    Traveled 100 or more miles for the primary purpose of sexual intercourse?
  17. 83
    Had sexual intercourse with a partner with a 3 or more year age difference?
  18. 84
    Had sexual intercourse with a virgin?
  19. 85
    Had sexual intercourse without a condom?
  20. 86
    Had a STI test due to reasonable suspicion?

    Got tested for a sexually transmitted infection because of symptoms or a known exposure, rather than as a routine check-up.

  21. 87
    Had a STI?
  22. 88
    Had a threesome?
  23. 89
    Attended an orgy?
  24. 90
    Had two or more distinct acts of sexual intercourse with two or more people within 24 hours?

    Had sex with two different people, on separate occasions, within the same 24 hours.

  25. 91
    Had sexual intercourse with five or more partners?
  26. 92
    Been photographed or filmed during sexual intercourse by yourself or others?
  27. 93
    Had period sex?
  28. 94
    Had anal sex?
  29. 95
    Had a pregnancy scare?
  30. 96
    Impregnated someone or been impregnated?
  31. 97
    Paid or been paid for a sexual act?
  32. 98
    Committed an act of voyeurism?

    Secretly watched someone undressing or having sex without their knowledge, which is a crime in most places.

  33. 99
    Committed an act of incest?
  34. 100
    Engaged in bestiality?

Why question 69 is blank

On the official test, item 69 has no text at all — the number is the entire joke, and takers are left to decide for themselves what they are answering. We render it as 69? so that it still reads as a question when you meet it one screen at a time.

How the scoring works

Start at 100 and subtract one point for every question you answer yes to. A score of 100 means you have done none of these things; a score of 0 means you have done all of them. Nothing on the list is worth more than anything else, which is one of the reasons the final number should not be taken too seriously.

For what each range is usually taken to mean, see what your Rice Purity Test score means.

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