Sexual · Question 34 of 100

What “Had sexual intercourse in a residence hall?” means

Item 34 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had sexual intercourse in a residence hall?”. 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 34 asks whether you have had intercourse in a residence hall — a college or university dormitory. It is one of the clearest markers of the checklist's origins in American college culture, and it is one of the items least applicable to takers who never lived on a campus.

Where people disagree about what counts

The obvious question is whether other shared student housing counts: an off-campus student flat, a boarding-school dormitory, a hostel. The item names residence halls specifically, but most takers extend it to comparable institutional housing rather than leave it permanently unavailable.

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 34 fits with the items around it

Items 34, 42 and 43 are the residence-hall cluster, all describing the particular problem of privacy in shared student accommodation. Item 34 names the building; items 42 and 43 describe what happens when a roommate is involved.

Item 33, before this one Had sexual intercourse in a pool, hot tub, or body of water? Item 35, after this one Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner's parents were in the same home?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 34 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 34

What is a residence hall?

It is the American term for a university dormitory — shared on-campus student housing. The item is one of several that show the checklist's origins in US college life.

Does off-campus student housing count?

The item names residence halls, but most takers extend it to comparable shared student accommodation rather than treat the box as unavailable to them.

What if I never went to university?

Then this item simply does not apply and stays unchecked. Several items on the checklist assume a college setting, which is one reason the total is not comparable between people with different backgrounds.

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