Are You a Good Friend?

By: Elisabeth Henderson
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Are You a Good Friend?
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About This Quiz

Probably just about everyone would like to see themselves as a good friend. Good friends are there to celebrate life’s accomplishments, even if the accomplishment is just making it through a Monday. Having a good friend around heightens the pleasure of holidays and regular days. But a good friend isn’t just there for celebrations. They’re there when your dog dies, when you’re fighting with your partner, or just feeling melancholy. 

Of course, there are different kinds of good friends. There are different ways of being available and being present to people, and we may need different types of friends for different circumstances in our lives. We have friends who we may enjoy simply because they’re always ready for anything, ready to celebrate the fact that we washed our car. And then there’s the one friend who you may not go out on the town with, but you’ll when something is just not right. 

Recent studies have shown that there is a link between having healthy social relationships and being physically healthy. We don’t just need friends to feel good; our friendships actually impact our overall health. What about you? Do you bring your friends more well-being? Maybe you’ll find that there’s something you could be doing better. Or you may give yourself a pat on the back and keep bringing health to your friends. Let’s find out! 

What do you do most often with your friends?
Talk over coffee
Go for drinks
Bring them dinner
Go mountain biking

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What do your friends say about you?
I always listen.
I'm always ready to go out.
I make the best soup.
I always get them to try things they wouldn’t otherwise do.

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What are you and your friends most likely to talk about?
What’s really going on in their marriage
What’s happening in our favorite shows
What ailments everyone is dealing with
What adventure we’re going on next

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How do you typically communicate with friends?
On long telephone calls
Over drinks, shouting over loud music
Over a meal
Between breaths, on a run

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What is the last thing you did for a friend?
Listened while they described a problem at work
Bought them a drink
Baked them cookies
Pushed them to run another half a mile

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When are your friends most likely to call you?
When they’re fighting with their partner
When they want to go a concert
When they need to go to the doctor and need a babysitter
When they’re looking for someone to go camping

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If you and your friends went for a weekend getaway, where would you go?
To a meditation retreat
Vegas, baby!
To an all-inclusive resort
On a camping trip

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What would you do for a good friend who was going through a hard time?
Take a long walk with them to let them talk about what’s happening
Take them out to a show to get their mind off things
Clean their house
Take them on a hike to clear their mind

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What is the most enjoyable thing about friendship?
Getting to know someone beneath the surface
Having fun together and cutting loose
Being able to depend on each other when times are hard
Making memories while traveling together

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If your friendship style were an animal, what would it be?
Cat
Monkey
Squirrel
Dog

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What do you and your friends enjoy doing together?
Taking long walks
Dancing
Cooking for each other
Trail running

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If your friendship style were a plant, what would it be?
Oak
Wildflower
Succulent
Vine

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What can your friends trust you to do?
Not tell anyone what they told me
Watch their drink while they go to the bathroom
Check on them when they’re sick
Pick a good campsite

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If you and your friends were a family, who would you be?
The middle sibling
The youngest sibling
The mother
The oldest sibling

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If your friendship style were a beverage, what would it be?
A cup of coffee
An energy drink
A cup of tea
A protein drink

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What kind of shoes do you wear when you get together with your friends?
Comfortable shoes
Dancing shoes
Tennis shoes
Hiking boots or sandals

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Which profession matches your friendship style?
Counselor
Movie star
Nurse
Field researcher

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What do your friends wish you did more often?
Talk about something that’s not serious
Just sit down and talk
Let them bring you food
Relax and watch a show

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If you are talking with your friends about your partner, what do you talk about?
What is really difficult about the relationship
The nitty gritty romantic details
Which chores you wish they’d do
Where you are planning to travel next

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If your friendship style was in a religious service, what would it be?
The minister/priest
The heathen
The greeter
The reader

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If you and your friends went on a hike together, what would you be doing?
Talking with someone in the middle of the pack
Singing songs in a group
Walking with the person in the back
Leading the way

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If you’re invited to a dinner party, what do you bring?
Bread
Drinks
The main course
Dessert

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To which literary friendship do you relate?
Frodo and Sam
Ron and Hermione
Scout and Boo Radley
Sherlock Holmes and Watson

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If you are going to have a group of friends over, what are you going to do?
Drink tea, read poetry and talk
Watch a show together
Have a meal together
Play frisbee

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What type of music is the soundtrack of your friendships?
Jazz
EDM
Country
Indie

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If your friendship were a building, what would it be?
A cozy cottage
A resort hotel
Bed & Breakfast Inn
A tent

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If your friendship style were a novel, what would it be?
"Jane Eyre"
"Lord of the Flies"
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
"Moby Dick"

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If one of your friends was drowning, what would you do?
Call for help
Scream
Throw them a rope
Jump in after them

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If your friend asks you to attend a dinner with people you don’t like, what do you do?
Say yes and try to sit close to my friend
Make up an excuse
Say yes and try to get to know the people better
It depends on where they’re going for dinner

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If your friend calls you right when you’re going to bed, what do you do?
Answer and talk if they need to
Silence it
Answer and tell them I can come over if they need me
Text them that I’ll call tomorrow

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