Sexual · Question 11 of 100

What “Given or received a hickey?” means

Item 11 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Given or received a hickey?”. Here is what the wording covers, where readers reasonably disagree about it, and exactly how much it moves your score.

Guidance written and reviewed 2026-07-26

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What the question is asking

Item 11 asks whether you have given or received a hickey — a temporary bruise left on the skin by sustained suction during kissing, usually on the neck. The reciprocal wording means one box covers both roles.

Where people disagree about what counts

The only real question is whether a mark that faded within an hour counts. The item sets no threshold for visibility or duration, so under the plain wording it does. A related edge case is a hickey given somewhere other than the neck, which the item also covers, since it names no location.

The test is self-scored and nobody else ever sees your answer, so the only thing that matters is applying one reading consistently across the whole checklist.

How item 11 fits with the items around it

Item 11 closes the short neck-and-position run that began at item 9. It is the only item in the opening half of the checklist that asks about a physical trace left behind rather than about an act, which puts it closer in spirit to item 48 on pregnancy scares than to the kissing items around it.

Item 10, before this one Kissed horizontally? Item 12, after this one Kissed or been kissed on the breast?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 11 subtracts one point from the starting score of 100. Leaving it unchecked subtracts nothing, and no item on the checklist is weighted more heavily than any other.

Final score = 100 − total checked boxes

The final number never identifies this answer or any other individual answer — it is a count, so it discards which items were selected the moment it is calculated. Read the full scoring guide or look up an exact result on the 0–100 score chart.

Questions about item 11

Does a faint hickey still count for question 11?

Yes. The item sets no minimum for how dark or how long-lasting the mark was. If a hickey was given or received, the box applies.

Does it count if I gave one but never received one?

Yes. The wording covers both directions with a single box, so either role is enough.

Do hickeys anywhere other than the neck count?

Yes. The item names no location, so a hickey anywhere on the body qualifies.

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