Many of the questions are deliberately worded in ways that almost anyone under pressure to do it in 10 minutes at a polling place would have a hard time. You actually have think hard about the construction of the sentence to be clear on what is intended and chances are that the poll workers administering it would mark at least one wrong even if they were all right and you would have a hard time arguing about it.
Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
This week’s Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder overturned Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which mandated federal oversight of changes in voting procedure in jurisdictions that have a history of using a “test or device” to impede enfranchisement. Here is one example of such a…
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Wow. I've always prided myself on being able to fly through tests with extremely high accuracy, but I seriously doubt I'd pass this one, especially given the time constraint and pressure.
On a side note, I hope that in another five decades we'll have similar reactions to Florida's draconian restrictions and tests for government assistance.
Ten minutes?!
Shit, I consider myself smarter than the average bear, but some of these take more than 20 seconds to decipher.
Computer exams, like for certifications, are like this.
This is a knowledge/logic test, not a fucking shit grammar deconstruction exam.
+Kelly Bradley I totally agree, no one should be allowed to give a test like this unless they can pass it themselves and if it is required, for anyone, it should be required for everyone