Le Questionnaire 

du Surréaliste

The following are questions 

meant to unlock your soul

and dethrone your mind. Read

with caution as there may be

questions you’ll find your 

reason unqualified to answer

for risk of collapse!

What does it mean to be a serious person

and would it necessarily entail a 

serious reappraisal of both joy and sorrow?

Which of your greatest strengths were 

born from a recalcitrant inferiority?

Which answer best reflects your inner life? 

A) Your outer life.  B) Your face.

C) Your dreams.  D) Your words.

E) Your discriminating taste.

How does the law of compensation 

manifest in your problem-solving?

If it’s best never to look at your watch

when running late, then why do it?

Have you ever been hospitalized or 

institutionalized because you were 

too in love?

Should an odor taste like it smells? 

If so, name something that does

not rhyme with its appearance.

Did you know there is an octave 

in perfume the same as in music?

If sentimentality is the shadow of cruelty,

what shadow does the self cast? 

Have you ever questioned the efficacy 

of a prayer that arises from ego, fear,

or vanity?

Have you ever realized you were asleep 

by taking being awake for granted?

If you were to assign a color to silence

which color would it be? 

Have you ever rearranged your

environment in hopes of changing

your inner state?

What are the hours of the day 

you feel most alive?

Do you think colors could effectively

categorize feelings?

Do you believe weathers are 

the emotions of the earth?

Do you ever smell a sound 

and think of death?

Have you ever walked into a new shop

and felt the self consciousness of

the employees so deeply you wanted 

to cry?

How often do you question your privilege?

Have you ever left your body and

worried you might not remember

how to return? 

Have you ever felt everyday conversations

an inappropriate receptacle for your best

thoughts?

What percentage of words do you find

are meant to confide and/or conceal the truth?

This world is most like a _________.

A) Hospital  B) School  C) Church  D) Playground 

E) Museum  F) Psyche Ward  G) All of the above  

H) None of the above  

Which do you most resemble on the inside?

A) Predatory animal  B) Flower  C) Weed  D) Poem

F) Filing Cabinet  G) Student  H) Teacher

Which genre is best suited to chart

the arc of your life? 

A) Diary  B) Memoir  C) Movie  D) Docudrama 

E) “How To” Manual  F) Cautionary Tale

Are your heroes dead or alive? Do you

still have any and if so, why?

When you think of beauty, what is the

first prerequisite quality that occurs to you?

Is health a qualification for superficiality?

If you could take off your name

and dip your face in a stream

would you be ready to accept

all that would want to fill you?

11/4/21