Sexual · Question 35 of 100

What “Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner's parents were in the same home?” means

Item 35 on the 100-question Rice Purity Test reads “Had sexual intercourse while you or your partner's parents were in the same home?”. 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 35 closes the setting block by asking whether you have had intercourse while your parents or your partner's parents were in the same house. The item is about the risk of being discovered rather than about the act, which puts it closer in spirit to item 41 than to the location items around it.

Where people disagree about what counts

"In the same home" is usually read as the same building, not the same room or floor, and it does not require that the parents were awake. Whether other household members — siblings, housemates, grandparents — count is not addressed, and most takers restrict it to what the item actually says.

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 35 fits with the items around it

Item 35 is the last of the eight consecutive setting items that began at item 28. The checklist then abandons setting entirely and turns to the partner and to frequency at items 36 and 37.

Item 34, before this one Had sexual intercourse in a residence hall? Item 36, after this one Had sexual intercourse with a non-significant other?

How it affects the score

Every question has the same one-point effect. Checking item 35 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 35

Do the parents have to have been awake?

No. The item asks only whether they were in the same home, so a house where everyone else was asleep still counts.

Do siblings or housemates count?

The item names parents specifically, and most takers keep to that. Items 42 and 43 cover the roommate version of the same situation.

Does the same building count if it is a large house?

Yes. The item says the same home rather than the same room, so distance within the house does not change the answer.

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