"Really reading" some of the questions reveals ambiguities that are impossible to resolve logically, unless, as yarddog has pointed out in #183, you guess what they are asking. If you have to score 100% then I would think it is otherwise impossible on the basis of question 27 alone because, as far as I know, it is impossible for a curved line to be straight at a single spot. Perhaps some geometry expert can correct me on that particular question, though.
Look. I am not arguing that this is an appropriate test.
I think the test is stupid, the concept is stupid, and requiring someone to pass the test in order to vote is stupid, but let’s not get our expectations too high. What did we expect? It was a test designed and administered by liberals.
But the test is not impossible unless you are required to get every answer correct, and then it wouldn’t be impossible, just very hard. My objection is with Slate characterizing it as impossible. I concede that it WILL be impossible for someone with little or no reading skills or intellectual comprehension skills.
And we should note that nowhere in the article does it say what a passing grade would be.
I don’t think question #27 is a good example of an illogical question. It is a question designed to trip you up, but it is a completely solvable word puzzle. That question simply requires that you INTERPRET (not “guess”) what they are asking you. To have to “guess” means it is uninterpretable.