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Fri 3 Jul, 2015 08:09 pm
Does it mean "he must spend 5 hours to figure out all questions in the examinations"? - Oh, I feel my thought is in a mess.
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Perhaps an explanation of the method that was in use when I took my examinations will not be amiss here. The student was required to pass in sixteen hours--twelve hours being called elementary and four advanced. He had to pass five hours at a time to have them counted. The examination papers were given out at nine o'clock at Harvard and brought to Radcliffe by a special messenger. Each candidate was known, not by his name, but by a number. I was No. 233, but, as I had to use a typewriter, my identity could not be concealed.
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@oristarA,
The total allotted time to succeed was 16 hours. Apparently, he could take breaks. However, the minimum amount of time he was allowed to spend in one sitting was 5 hours. If he quit before 5 hours had passed, his answers would not be counted.
I think. That's a weird situation.
It doesn't make any sense to me. So that's a fail, then.
@McTag,
It might be something to do with the other meaning of the word "pass".
But it's a really dumb sentence.
(using the second meaning of the word "dumb")
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