Sure, Bonnaroo is boiling, and Coachella, well it's full of hipsters, but the Inaugural Snowball Music Festival tested one's ability to brave the cold in the pursuit of music, and brave the cold we did.
Contrary to his acknowledgment in your article that "literature review skills are more useful for MIT students than narrative," his explanation at the time was that the literature exam tested one's ability to analyze literature, not one's ability to write an essay.
Yet people actively sign up for – indeed pay upwards of $700 – to undertake each of the 10 Spartan events around Australia, everything from 7km sprints to 42km "ultra beast" events which test one's ability to overcome pain.
A study of collective intelligence published last year found that when undergoing the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test, which tests one's ability to read another person's mental state by looking at his or her eyes, the subjects' scores on the test predict their ability to work in a group — even when that group is online, working remotely.
The least of them is "Brain Rush" (premiering Saturday), a quiz show that tests one's ability to answer trivia questions while riding a roller coaster.
How does our mind pay attention to what we need to pay attention to without getting distracted?" To test one's ability to identify pertinent nuggets while being bombarded with extraneous information, scientists use something called the Stroop test.
Treatment in Phases During one therapy session, Mr. Price and five other men aggressively tested one another's ability to stay straight, while two social workers moderated.
On a basic tour, starting from 18,000 rubles per person in a 40-person group, visitors are allowed to see everything – the ISS, the hydro laboratory where cosmonauts practice spacewalks and the centrifuges, which test one's ability to withstand pressure -- but there is little hands-on experience.
Instead of testing one another's ability to handle alcohol, he said, "we've become colleagues and great friends.
It tested McAuliffe's ability to keep order while it threatened his work to rebrand the one-time capital of the Confederacy as an inclusive, multicultural state.
It tests the ship's ability to stop the movement of its bow by counter-steering.
