Questions from Florida’s Newly Adopted Classic Learning Test

Students applying to Florida’s state universities will now be able to
submit exam scores from a conservative and Christian-backed
alternative to the SAT and ACT, known as the Classic Learning Test.
—NPR

Quantitative Reasoning

Jim makes $50,000 a year. His wife, Betsy, makes $40,000. They tithe to their church. How much do they have left to donate to the “Ron DeSantis for President” campaign, with its inspiring message of sending Joe Biden back to his basement in Delaware?

a) $81,000
b) The legal limit of $6,600, because they don’t know what a PAC is
c) A PAC is a patriotic way they can contribute all $90,000 and help their church more in the long run.

Major General Joseph Hooker entered the Battle of Chancellorsville with 130,000 troops to fight General Robert E. Lee’s force of 60,000 troops. Hooker lost 17,304 men; Lee lost 13,460, but won. How tall should the new statue of Lee be?

a) 6’1”
b) 10’
c) 1 foot taller than whatever Abraham Lincoln is in the Lincoln Memorial

The amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere by a Ford F-350 is 10,000 pounds per 10,000 miles driven. A Nissan Leaf emits 3,600 pounds of carbon over 10,000 miles. How much carbon will Julio save if he drives the Nissan 30,000 miles instead of the Ford while running his small business?

a) How can he haul anything with a Nissan Leaf?
b) Nothing, compared with what Leonardo DiCaprio emits flying his private jet to Cannes.
c) Are we sure Julio is in this country legally?

Candidate A gets 13,000 votes. Candidate B gets 12,000 votes. Given the corruption of the élites in the deep state, which candidate should win?

a) Candidate A
b) Candidate B
c) Whoever drew the biggest crowds

Jane owns 12 guns. Jimmy owns 23 guns. Fred owns 128 guns. Who is the coolest?

a) Jane
b) Jimmy
c) Fred
d) The guns

Verbal Reasoning

This passage is from the 1946 classic Disney film “Song of the South”:

Mister Bluebird’s on my shoulder
It’s the truth, it’s actual
Ev’rything is satisfactual
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
Wonderful feeling, wonderful day, yes, sir!

Why does that make the reader happy, whereas all the new Disney crap makes everyone sad? Is it because of:

a) Wokeness
b) All of the above

In the passage, why does the singer, Uncle Remus, declare that it is a “wonderful day”?

a) The plantation owners taught him useful skills.
b) The bird taught him that all lives matter.
c) His children will no longer be taught critical race theory.

Compare and contrast the following two passages:

John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”

Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.”

John 3:16 : Philippians 4:13 ::

a) “Home Improvement” : “Last Man Standing”
b) Steve Spurrier : Tim Tebow
c) Garth Brooks : Morgan Wallen
d) Analogies are poor substitutes for Commandments.

What does the author mean by “strengtheneth”?

a) Make stronger
b) Make strengthener
c) Do not question God!

This passage is from the 2010 Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. F.E.C.:

We return to the principle established in Buckley and Bellottithat the Government may not suppress political speech on the basis of
the speaker’s corporate identity.

The word “speaker” in the passage could refer to only one of the following:

a) A journalist
b) A whistle-blower
c) ExxonMobil

It doesn’t matter where this passage is from. It’s just terrific, so read it:

The left does not want to honor our freedoms, and we have a
responsibility to fight back on all fronts. People are coming to
Florida because they want freedom. Even our critics are doing it, but
I can tell you there’s one fella that just hates Florida and his name
is Joe Biden. He’s always criticizing us, always trying to take
potshots at Florida, and he does things like take our medication.

How is the person who gave this speech not leading in the polls? Should he:

a) Smile more
b) Criticize Trump
c) Not criticize Trump
d) Develop a “personality,” whatever his wife means by that
e) Completely focus on Iowa
f) Fire my campaign manager again
g) Get indicted for something
h) Cut an early deal to be Vice-President ♦