# Could you pass a history test in DeSantis' Florida? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675 "2023-04-14T16:29:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675/1 "2023-04-14T16:29:42Z")
—\>NOTE: THIS IS FROM _THE ONION_\<— > **[Quiz: Could You Pass A History Class In Ron DeSantis’ Florida](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/8)** > > Take this practice test to see if you have the extraordinary knowledge, intelligence, and intolerance needed to pass a history class in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida. It’s a slideshow. I don’t think Dopers are going to do very well-- too ~~well-informed~~ _uppity_. Here are the first few: - [Q: What does the term “segregation” mean?](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/4) [A: _Doing what’s right in the face of adversity_.](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/5) - [Q: What are the two sexes?](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/6) [A: _Male and alpha male_.](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/7) - [Q: Who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court?](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/8) [A: _Sandra Day O’Connor, though there’s no way to be sure as no one ever checked her genitals_.](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/9) - [Q: What event triggered the Great Depression?](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/10) [A: _Barack Obama’s first inaugural address_.](https://www.theonion.com/ron-desantis-florida-history-class-quiz-1850328268/slides/11) Today’s Republicans have just about put _The Onion_ out of business. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-pass-a-history-test-in-desantis-florida/982675/2 "2023-04-14T23:03:28Z")
I feel bad for The Onion. Reality has gone so far beyond parody that a lot of their stuff is just pointing at things that are really happening and saying “Pretty fucked up, eh?”