Using Freud's articles on Wit and Humor, the author has devised a multiple choice test to evaluate statistically whether resignation, which Freud referred to briefly, could be measured as separate from humor and hostile wit. Resignation was found to be capable of measurement and is similar to humor in avoiding panic reaction to severe stress. Humor as Freud described it is rebellious and thus is not resignation. Hostile wit was found to be preferred more by men than women and is understood in the way described by Freud as a more regressive mechanism than humor, providing release for both sadistic and sexual urges.