A school test from 1885, could today's kid pass it ?

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No, most definitely not. I have been out of school for several years now and had difficulty with some of the questions. I went through it and tried to answer every question - if it were graded I am thinking I would score in the 85% - 90% range (and this is coming from a guy who double majored in English and History).
 

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Outstanding....today's teachers would struggle with this test, let alone the students of 2011! LOL
 

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You'd have to adjust some of the questions to current times, Civil war Generals don't matter much in 2011. last 8 presidents still works.

I'd fail this test !

I kind of want to to know the grade level of the test !
 

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I can't do it and neither could teachers today.


Some of the questions don't really make sense to me ( but most do)....

READING

1. Name three essential characteristics of good reading. 2. Name two elements of correct pronunciation.
 

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Some of the questions don't really make sense to me ( but most do)....

READING

1. Name three essential characteristics of good reading. 2. Name two elements of correct pronunciation.
I could easily pass it if it were multiple choice. I'm the master of multiple choice.
 

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I'd love to present this this test to my wife, but I don't dare do it. Seriously I was talking to her earlier about how the USA got "settled" and how many states there were early on....

no lie....

she said there were always 52 states

I asked here who discovered America and when....

she came up with Christopher Columbus ( couldn't put a year on it) when I pressed here she said 1942 ( she was born in 1956)... I asked here where Columbus was from.....she couldn't answer it despite being Italian-American

No lies on this.....this is your typical American.....sad, but TRUE !

She's Catholic and I know more about the Bible as an Atheist.

SHIP OF FOOLS !

I ain't making this up , wish I was !
 

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always take C when in doubt, eh ?
Nah I'm a master at deductive reasoning, without even studying I can usually pick the right one just by seeing the choices
 

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Nah I'm a master at deductive reasoning, without even studying I can usually pick the right one just by seeing the choices


Ok, then let's take something you presumably know nothing about , how do you excell blindly at this

Which coin has the lowest mintage

A, 1916 Standing liberty quarter

B. 1909-svdb cent

C. 1928 -P $20 Gold coin

D. 1938-D half dollar
 

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Even if you got this one, I could pull up more obscure stuff like how many pennies minted in various years ( when they are close). Nobody would know the difference between say 1949, 1950,1951, and 1952....or other even more random stuff.

You can't guess at better than 25% long term when you don't have a clue.
 

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Nah I'm a master at deductive reasoning, without even studying I can usually pick the right one just by seeing the choices

You can't deductively reason a subject that you know nothing about it. If the questions and responses are worded appropriately a multiple choice test can be just as difficult, maybe even more so, than a fill-in-the-blank.
 

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You can't deductively reason a subject that you know nothing about it. If the questions and responses are worded appropriately a multiple choice test can be just as difficult, maybe even more so, than a fill-in-the-blank.

True but it's hard to know nothing about something. I was able to ace math questions in a placement test; on math I've never studied just by seeing the answers and having a basic understanding of math.
 

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Some ABCD multi answer stuff over 50 questions, is nutz, you can't get 30/50 right guessing !
 

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My score would be in the "F" range for sure....but easily higher than my wife would score, she'd probably give up and score a zero. If you told her $1,000 a point, probably still a zero, but she'd do it then. I really believe she'd score zero.
 

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Even if you got this one, I could pull up more obscure stuff like how many pennies minted in various years ( when they are close). Nobody would know the difference between say 1949, 1950,1951, and 1952....or other even more random stuff.

You can't guess at better than 25% long term when you don't have a clue.
true but when it comes to scholastic stuff I usual have a clue. but just for shits and giggles lets go with D 1938-D half dollar, probably wrong but if you put that test up I'd get a good score if it's multiple choice just because I forgot most of it and would be reminded of the correct answer.
 

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