Can I actually take the whole exam and find out? And how much time do I get to study, because one of the questions they show in the article straight up says to write an essay on one of the list of topics provided.
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I do not pass regular English exams and I am going to pass old ones.
I got c right!
Not gonna lie. I'm 47, and probably couldn't pass an English exam from modern days, let alone one from 1913.
The first essay question isn’t that far off from a modern Ph.D. exam, but it’s too vague. I expect otherwise it’s the same, with citations from memory.
For a moment I read the headline as "in 1913" rather than "of 1913", and thought to myself, don't be silly, I wasn't born then and neither were you.
Also, there are a few people alive today who are older than 112, but they might not have been able to take the test, either then or now.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_people
At some point in the last few years I've started to physically feel 112.
So. Much. This.