Can I compare my score on two different tests?

No. Each test asks a different set of questions, so a point removed on one test does not describe the same experience as a point removed on another. An 82 on the classic 100-question test and an 82 on the couples test are two unrelated measurements that happen to share a number.

Which test should I take first?

The classic 100-question Rice Purity Test, if you are 18 or older. It is the version everyone else's score comes from, so it is the only one where comparing yourself to a friend means anything. Take the others afterwards for a different angle.

How is the college test different from the classic one?

Different questions, not a shortened version. The classic list runs 100 items and spends most of them on sexual experience; the college list is 50 items written around undergraduate life — roommates, exams, campus jobs, parties, the trips — and shares no statement with it. Take the classic list if you want the number other people quote, and the college list if you want your university years measured rather than your whole life.

Does the LGBTQ test score being LGBTQ?

No. None of its 50 statements asks what you are; every one names something a person did — a first date, a Pride march, a conversation with a parent. Health status, being outed by somebody else and anything that would be evidence about you were deliberately left off it, so the list tops out at experiences you would tell a friend about.

The number counts experiences, not virtue. A 30 means a lot of the listed situations have happened to you; a 90 means most of them have not. Age is the single strongest driver of the difference, which is why a first-year student and a graduating senior rarely land near each other.

Does taking a second test overwrite my first score?

No. Each test keeps its own row, and your saved history lists every attempt separately with the test it came from, so retaking the classic list does not touch your couples or teen result. Retaking the same test adds a new entry rather than replacing the old one, which is what lets the history page show the gap between the two.

Compare

7 purity tests, side by side

Same idea, 7 different question sets: start at the maximum, subtract a point for everything you have done. What changes between them is which experiences the list bothers to ask about — and that changes what your number is measuring.

Rice Purity Test

65 explicit questions

Start at 100 and subtract one point for every line you have done — that is the entire method, unchanged since these lists were photocopied and passed around campuses. The number counts experiences, nothing else: a 42 and a 92 describe two different lives, not a better and a worse person. Your ticks are scored on your own device: the final score is submitted, and nothing else unless you tick the box that shares which statements you checked.

Questions: 100
Starts at: 100
Per check: −1

Who it is for: Adults 18 and over who want the full, unedited 100-item list.

Heaviest topics: Sexual experience (60), Romance & dating (13), Law & consequences (8)

Age: The list includes explicit questions about sex and hard drugs, and is written for readers 18 and over.

Take the Rice Purity Test

Teen Purity Test

No explicit questions

Fifty questions, two points each: start at 100 and subtract two for every box you check. Nothing on this list asks about sexual acts or hard drugs — it covers school, friendships, first crushes, phones, curfews and the ordinary rule-breaking of being thirteen to seventeen. Your ticks are scored on your own device: the final number is what gets counted, and nothing else is sent unless you tick the sharing box above the button.

Questions: 50
Starts at: 100
Per check: −2

Who it is for: Students aged 13-17, and anyone who wants the version without the adult questions.

Heaviest topics: Romance & dating (16), Rule-breaking & mischief (15), Online & modern life (11)

Age: Written for ages 13 to 17. Nothing on the list asks about sexual acts or hard drugs; it covers school, friendships, crushes, phones and curfews.

Take the Teen Purity Test

Couples Purity Test

6 explicit questions

Fifty questions about the two of you, two points each, starting from 100. Take it separately and compare the numbers: the gap usually says more than either score, because it shows which milestones one of you counted and the other forgot. Nothing is stored against your name: the score is submitted, and your ticks only if you turn on the sharing box above the button.

Questions: 50
Starts at: 100
Per check: −2

Who it is for: Couples at any stage who want a structured way to compare what they have actually done together.

Heaviest topics: Romance & dating (30), Sexual experience (6), Online & modern life (5)

Age: The last block asks plainly about sex between the two of you, so this version is written for partners 18 and over.

Take the Couples Purity Test

Innocence Test

No explicit questions

One hundred experiences, one point each, from your first passport stamp to the first funeral you sat through. It reaches past sex and substances into work, money, driving, grief and adrenaline, so a low score here means a full life rather than a wild one. Your ticks are scored on your own device: the number is submitted, and nothing else unless you tick the sharing box above the button.

Questions: 100
Starts at: 100
Per check: −1

Who it is for: Anyone who wants a life-experience score they can compare at a family dinner.

Take the Innocence Test

College Purity Test

5 explicit questions

Fifty statements about the years between eighteen and twenty-two, two points each, counted down from 100. This is not the classic list with the campus parts kept: it asks about the roommate you moved away from, the exam you sat on no sleep, the party security shut down and the term you never opened the textbook. Your ticks are scored on your own device: the number is submitted, and nothing else unless you tick the box that shares which statements you checked.

Questions: 50
Starts at: 100
Per check: −2

Who it is for: Undergraduates, and anyone who wants their university years scored rather than their whole life.

Heaviest topics: Rule-breaking & mischief (12), Parties & nightlife (9), Alcohol & drugs (8)

Age: Written for university students 18 and over. Two statements name sex plainly and one block asks directly about drinking and drugs.

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LGBTQ Purity Test

5 explicit questions

Fifty statements, two points each, counted down from 100. Nothing on this list asks what you are — every line names something a person has done, from a first date to a Pride march to introducing a partner to a parent. Leave anything unticked and it costs you nothing. Your ticks are scored on your own device: the number is submitted, and nothing else unless you tick the box that shares which statements you checked.

Questions: 50
Starts at: 100
Per check: −2

Who it is for: LGBTQ readers and anyone who wants a list that does not assume how their dating life is shaped.

Heaviest topics: Romance & dating (16), Parties & nightlife (10), Online & modern life (8)

Age: Five statements name sex or an explicit photo plainly, so the list is written for readers 18 and over.

Take the LGBTQ Purity Test

AO3 Purity Test

4 explicit questions

People call this the AO3 purity test, the AO3 rice purity test, the fanfiction purity test and the fanfic purity test; it is one list of 100 statements, and this is it. A hundred statements about life on Archive of Our Own, one point each, counted down from 100. It measures how far into fandom you have gone, not whether your taste is good: a high score means you are newer to the Archive, a low one means you have been there long enough to know what tag wrangling is. Your ticks are scored on your own device — the number is submitted, and nothing else unless you tick the box that shares which statements you checked.

Questions: 100
Starts at: 100
Per check: −1

Who it is for: AO3 readers and writers, and anyone who wants to know how far into fandom they have actually gone.

Heaviest topics: Reading habits (24), Writing & posting (24), Tags & filters (20)

Age: Four statements name explicit fanfiction or the Archive's own content warnings plainly, without describing anything, so the list is written for readers 18 and over.

Take the AO3 Purity Test

The differences in one table

Comparison of question count, points per question, age guidance, explicit content and typical use for each of the 7 purity tests on this site.
Test	Questions	Points each	Age guidance	Explicit content	Typical use
Rice Purity Test	100	−1	The list includes explicit questions about sex and hard drugs, and is written for readers 18 and over.	Yes — 65 questions	Adults 18 and over who want the full, unedited 100-item list.
Teen Purity Test	50	−2	Written for ages 13 to 17. Nothing on the list asks about sexual acts or hard drugs; it covers school, friendships, crushes, phones and curfews.	No	Students aged 13-17, and anyone who wants the version without the adult questions.
Couples Purity Test	50	−2	The last block asks plainly about sex between the two of you, so this version is written for partners 18 and over.	Yes — 6 questions	Couples at any stage who want a structured way to compare what they have actually done together.
Innocence Test	100	−1	Anyone who wants a life-experience score they can compare at a family dinner.	No	Anyone who wants a life-experience score they can compare at a family dinner.
College Purity Test	50	−2	Written for university students 18 and over. Two statements name sex plainly and one block asks directly about drinking and drugs.	Yes — 5 questions	Undergraduates, and anyone who wants their university years scored rather than their whole life.
LGBTQ Purity Test	50	−2	Five statements name sex or an explicit photo plainly, so the list is written for readers 18 and over.	Yes — 5 questions	LGBTQ readers and anyone who wants a list that does not assume how their dating life is shaped.
AO3 Purity Test	100	−1	Four statements name explicit fanfiction or the Archive's own content warnings plainly, without describing anything, so the list is written for readers 18 and over.	Yes — 4 questions	AO3 readers and writers, and anyone who wants to know how far into fandom they have actually gone.

One thing is the same on every one of them: above the submit button, every test offers a checkbox to share anonymously which statements you checked, so the per-question percentages have something to count. It is unticked unless you tick it, and the score you submit is identical either way.

Three pages sit beside the seven lists rather than in them: the classic test on a single page with nothing loading around it, a guide for parents that accounts for every block on the teen list before a child takes it, and the archived versions the format came from — 400, 500 and 1,500 questions, catalogued in a 1993 index. Not sure which of these answers your question? Start from what you meant by innocent.

Why the scores are not interchangeable

Every test runs on its own list, so a point is a different thing on each one: on the classic test a point can mean being questioned by the police, on the couples test it means something you and your partner have done together, and on the college test it can mean a term spent without opening the textbook. Two tests can hand you the same number while describing completely different lives.

Compare a score only against other people who answered the same list — which is exactly what the statistics page does, keeping each test’s distribution separate.

Questions people ask before starting

Can I compare my score on two different tests?: No. Each test asks a different set of questions, so a point removed on one test does not describe the same experience as a point removed on another. An 82 on the classic 100-question test and an 82 on the couples test are two unrelated measurements that happen to share a number.
Which test should I take first?: The classic 100-question Rice Purity Test, if you are 18 or older. It is the version everyone else's score comes from, so it is the only one where comparing yourself to a friend means anything. Take the others afterwards for a different angle.
How is the college test different from the classic one?: Different questions, not a shortened version. The classic list runs 100 items and spends most of them on sexual experience; the college list is 50 items written around undergraduate life — roommates, exams, campus jobs, parties, the trips — and shares no statement with it. Take the classic list if you want the number other people quote, and the college list if you want your university years measured rather than your whole life.
Does the LGBTQ test score being LGBTQ?: No. None of its 50 statements asks what you are; every one names something a person did — a first date, a Pride march, a conversation with a parent. Health status, being outed by somebody else and anything that would be evidence about you were deliberately left off it, so the list tops out at experiences you would tell a friend about.
Is a low score bad?: The number counts experiences, not virtue. A 30 means a lot of the listed situations have happened to you; a 90 means most of them have not. Age is the single strongest driver of the difference, which is why a first-year student and a graduating senior rarely land near each other.
Does taking a second test overwrite my first score?: No. Each test keeps its own row, and your saved history lists every attempt separately with the test it came from, so retaking the classic list does not touch your couples or teen result. Retaking the same test adds a new entry rather than replacing the old one, which is what lets the history page show the gap between the two.