Could You Pass Louisiana's Voter Literacy Test in the Mid-1960s?

[BobG]

Could you pass the voter literacy test Louisiana administered in the mid-60's?

Ten minutes, 30 questions, 1 or more incorrect answers disqualifies you from voting.

http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest.pdf

Why, oh why, did I have to draw my triangle pointing to the right instead of up?!

 

[Ben Niehoff]

Wow...the questions are ambiguous, confusing, and even self-contradictory...quite obviously deliberate so that the examiner can disqualify people arbitrarily.

The very last question appears to be lacking a verb, but is grammatically correct if you take "part" to be a verb, and add some commas. I still can't figure out what it wants you to do, though.

 

[HayleySarg]

My government teacher in HS administered this test. Anyone who couldn't "pass" was kicked out of class. He also administered it at random due to physical features such as a mole on the face, green eyes, tall etc.

It put the world in a brand new perspective for some. Quite the way to start a class.