tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post5221771956383712963..comments2023-10-29T11:06:08.502-04:00Comments on The Flibbertigibbet: The Humanities Geek TestLetahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15613580066013000070noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-80064956685988992882007-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:002007-10-18T11:53:00.000-04:00> Does a yes answer count if you read Beowulf or m...> Does a yes answer count if you read Beowulf or memorized a poem as a homework assignment?<BR/><BR/>Also does Beowabbit count? What if I have my own copy and have read it more than once?<BR/><BR/> -CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-40525879023814334712007-10-17T21:24:00.000-04:002007-10-17T21:24:00.000-04:00I do wonder about a few of those questions (e.g., ...I do wonder about a few of those questions (e.g., 54, 55 and 58). Does a yes answer count if you read Beowulf or memorized a poem as a homework assignment?<BR/><BR/>And the microfilm/fiche question is probably going to become ever more obsolete as more and more libraries get the funds to go digital.<BR/><BR/>I only scored a 22 or 23, and I certainly <I>felt</I> like a humanities geek in college. 120-odd hours' worth of foreign language credits, a folk dancer and choir groupie - that's some kinda geek.<BR/><BR/>As for the purity test; first of all, would someone please proofread the version on the link you posted?! (Sorry, that's my inner editor crying out.) The version circulating when I was in college was similar but much shorter; only 15 or 20 questions, IIRC.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242503212913962081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-78661657622053669182007-10-17T15:53:00.000-04:002007-10-17T15:53:00.000-04:0030 on the egghead test.Yes, I remember the purity ...30 on the egghead test.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I remember the purity test. I'm trying to think which category I would fall into... I saw it more as a self-discovery / self-help tool.<BR/><BR/>These days there are 500-question purity tests with way too many drug questions. They've ruined it entirely.<BR/><BR/>-CarolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-70482914649711048182007-10-17T12:44:00.000-04:002007-10-17T12:44:00.000-04:00Oh my. The Purity Test. You may have forgotten a g...Oh my. The Purity Test. <BR/><BR/>You may have forgotten a group of people -- older students who administer the purity test to newer students with the goal of (a) learning who might be 'not so fussy' or (b) hitting on someone directly. Or maybe it was only Reed sophmore males who did that. <BR/><BR/>I scored a 56 on the egghead test. I had a deeply geeky but well educated youth. <BR/><BR/>And I decline to answer my purity test score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-34158771560097967062007-10-15T22:54:00.000-04:002007-10-15T22:54:00.000-04:00I'm afraid you lose one point for doing it in Exce...I'm afraid you lose one point for doing it in Excel.<BR/><BR/>"Did you fail the math portion of the GRE?" indeed! You can't fail any portion of the GRE.David Gorslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284540044933588641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-70296406994323737132007-10-15T15:40:00.000-04:002007-10-15T15:40:00.000-04:00Hmmm. What about those who regarded the test as p...Hmmm. What about those who regarded the test as puerile and therefore reveled in it?<BR/><BR/>Although I've seen a few different versions of this, by the time I'd been at the Maryversity for a couple of years my score had gone about as low as I needed it to go. Given the other items on the list (with one or two exceptions theoretically open to negotiation) my reaction to them tends to be "er ... no thanks" with a couple of "HELL no" ones tossed in there as well. My score has not markedly changed in the last 20 years. We'll see about the next 20 :D<BR/><BR/>RigelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-18564116995412064442007-10-15T14:30:00.000-04:002007-10-15T14:30:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness! Another thing I can be grateful n...Oh my goodness! Another thing I can be grateful never happened to me.Letahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613580066013000070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994078.post-48615763550280425182007-10-15T14:24:00.000-04:002007-10-15T14:24:00.000-04:00Thanks for joining the movement! Oh, and thanks f...Thanks for joining the movement! <BR/><BR/>Oh, and thanks for reminding about the purity test.<BR/><BR/>When I was an undergrad, the dad of one of my housemates chatted with us about the test when he was visiting. "I don't think of myself as a prude," he said, "but some of the things in those questions!" He was a university professor. All I could think of was, "Oh, Lord -- if only my parents were the sort who would understand the test and think it was funny, instead of feeling like they needed to tell their parish priest." <BR/><BR/>Not that all professors should be considered as hip as my friend's dad. Another friend had to explain to a professsor (who was about to become her father-in-law) what a "dildo" was when it came up in conversation about the music group Steely Dan.Marsosudirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660784579365832969noreply@blogger.com