--- title: Quiz: Are You Secretly an Introvert? description: Take TIME's quiz to find out. canonical: https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-19T16:28:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:31:30.618Z article:section: Health og:title: Are You Secretly an Introvert? og:description: Take TIME's quiz to find out. og:url: https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Are You Secretly an Introvert? twitter:description: Take TIME's quiz to find out. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Are You Secretly an Introvert? by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 19, 2015 4:28 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 19, 2015 4:28 PM UTC People often speculate about their personality types. But where do you truly fall on the spectrum between introvert and extrovert—and what does that say about how you live your life? We talked to Susan Cain, author of [QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking](http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/about-the-book/) and co-founder of [Quiet Revolution](http://www.quietrev.com/), to assemble a list of telling questions. This quiz was adapted from Cain’s New York _Times_ bestselling book [Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking](http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Power-Introverts-World-Talking/dp/0307352153). _Read next:_ [_10 Tips Every Introvert Should Know_](http://time.com/3108201/10-tips-every-introvert-should-know/?xid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/"},"headline":"Are You Secretly an Introvert?","datePublished":"2015-02-19T16:28:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:31:30.618Z","description":"Take our quiz to find out","url":"https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/","keywords":["Psychology","quiz"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3713965/are-you-secretly-an-introvert/","name":"Are You Secretly an Introvert?"}}]}] ```