Initially, Eysenck created two continuum Extraversion-Intraversion and Neuroticism-Stability. Further research showed him the need to add one more inventory: Psychoticism-Socialisation, resulting in the EPQ as we know today which consists of three PEN trait inventory.
Prior to Eysenck's discovery of Psychoticism, he correlated his original two traits (introversion and neuroticism) with an ancient greek personality system known as the Galen types (Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, Phlegmatic). Check out the four quadrants above to see the general description of each Galen type.
Read my previous post on EPQ here: http://www.angeliciaang.com/2014/07/eysenck-personality-questionnaire-epq.html
This is the sample of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire dated 1985. There's an additional 4th trait dimension Lie in it. If you want to spend more time on the test and you're curious about the complete EPQ, do this test here:
http://wiki.mgto.org/eysenck_personality_questionnaire
I like this site's EPQ description with examples of trait differences: http://www.dandebat.dk/eng-person4.htm
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