The Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s (2013)
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>>> Draw a line around..
Lines don't go around things
>>> Draw 3 circles, one inside the other
That only accounts for 2 of them
>>> Print the word vote upside down but in the correct order
One word can't have an order
>>> Draw a line through the two letters that come last in the alphabet
???
It goes on like this.
> Lines don't go around things
Sure they do, just not straight lines.
> Draw 3 circles, one inside the other
Yeah not sure what they were aiming for here. This could either mean "two circles with one nested in the other, and also draw a third circle next to it" or "Draw three nested circles". I'm assuming the ambiguity is on purpose so it can always get marked as wrong just in case some savant manages to get everything else right.
> Print the word vote upside down but in the correct order
Words sure do have an internal order. e.g. "eesph" is sheep with a jumbled order. I figure the correct answer here is ʌoʇǝ.
> Draw a line through the two letters that come last in the alphabet
Figure out the letter that comes latest in the alphabet and cross it out. Repeat once for the remaining letters.
Of course doing that entire test flawlessly, let alone in 10 minutes, is absurd.
Well yeah you could take it to mean that, but in plenty of other places they tell you to draw circles around things, so they must have meant something else here.
> Words sure do have an internal order. e.g. "eesph" is sheep with a jumbled order.
That's the order of the letters
> Draw a line through the two letters that come last in the alphabet
Only one letter can come last in the alphabet.
OK maybe gibberish was harsh lol but they definitely cannot be answered correctly.