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No, it is not the real 1965 test.

As explained in the congressional record:

In Alabama's tests- used since August 1964, answers to four of the eight questions are In printed material on the test sheet

So for this test, first you would read excerpts:

EXCERPTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Part 1. In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Part 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction
Part 3. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Part 4. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

Then there were 4 questions:

INSTRUCTION "C"
(After applicant has read, not aloud, the foregoing excerpts from the Constitution, he will answer the following questions in writing and without assistance:)

  1. In case the president is unable to perform the duties of his office, who assumes them?______________________
  2. "Involuntary servitude" is permitted in the United States upon conviction of a crime. (True or False)___________
  3. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in_________________
  4. Congress passes laws regulating cases which are included in those over which the United States Supreme Court has____________________________ jurisdiction.

I hereby certify that I have received no assistance in the completion of this citizenship and literacy test, that I was allowed the time I desired to complete it, and that I waive any right existing to demand a copy of same. (If for any reason the applicant does not wish to sign this, he must discuss the matter with the board of registrars.) Signed:___________________________________________ (Applicant)

Source: Proceedings of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1564, March 23-April 5, 1965 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965) p. 762

However, from 1949 to 1964 there was a set of 68 questions on which the literacy test could be based. The test, would not actually have all 68 questions, but the questions were required to be chosen from that list. (in an effort to comply with Davis v. Schnell)

See Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:

When in 1949 a federal court in Alabama restricted the unlimited discretion of registrars and demanded standardized questions, the state drew up a list of no fewer than sixty-eight permissible questions

So what is in the OP link is the 68 permissible questions from the 1949-1964 time period.

No, it is not the real 1965 test.

As explained in the congressional record:

In Alabama's tests- used since August 1964, answers to four of the eight questions are In printed material on the test sheet

So for this test, first you would read excerpts:

EXCERPTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Part 1. In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Part 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction
Part 3. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Part 4. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

Then there were 4 questions:

INSTRUCTION "C"
(After applicant has read, not aloud, the foregoing excerpts from the Constitution, he will answer the following questions in writing and without assistance:)

  1. In case the president is unable to perform the duties of his office, who assumes them?______________________
  2. "Involuntary servitude" is permitted in the United States upon conviction of a crime. (True or False)___________
  3. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in_________________
  4. Congress passes laws regulating cases which are included in those over which the United States Supreme Court has____________________________ jurisdiction.

I hereby certify that I have received no assistance in the completion of this citizenship and literacy test, that I was allowed the time I desired to complete it, and that I waive any right existing to demand a copy of same. (If for any reason the applicant does not wish to sign this, he must discuss the matter with the board of registrars.) Signed:___________________________________________ (Applicant)

Source: Proceedings of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1564, March 23-April 5, 1965 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965) p. 762

However, from 1949 to 1964 there was a set of 68 questions on which the literacy test could be based. The test, would not actually have all 68 questions, but the questions were required to be chosen from that list.

See Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:

When in 1949 a federal court in Alabama restricted the unlimited discretion of registrars and demanded standardized questions, the state drew up a list of no fewer than sixty-eight permissible questions

So what is in the OP link is the 68 permissible questions from the 1949-1964 time period.

No, it is not the real 1965 test.

As explained in the congressional record:

In Alabama's tests- used since August 1964, answers to four of the eight questions are In printed material on the test sheet

So for this test, first you would read excerpts:

EXCERPTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Part 1. In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Part 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction
Part 3. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Part 4. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

Then there were 4 questions:

INSTRUCTION "C"
(After applicant has read, not aloud, the foregoing excerpts from the Constitution, he will answer the following questions in writing and without assistance:)

  1. In case the president is unable to perform the duties of his office, who assumes them?______________________
  2. "Involuntary servitude" is permitted in the United States upon conviction of a crime. (True or False)___________
  3. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in_________________
  4. Congress passes laws regulating cases which are included in those over which the United States Supreme Court has____________________________ jurisdiction.

I hereby certify that I have received no assistance in the completion of this citizenship and literacy test, that I was allowed the time I desired to complete it, and that I waive any right existing to demand a copy of same. (If for any reason the applicant does not wish to sign this, he must discuss the matter with the board of registrars.) Signed:___________________________________________ (Applicant)

Source: Proceedings of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1564, March 23-April 5, 1965 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965) p. 762

However, from 1949 to 1964 there was a set of 68 questions on which the literacy test could be based. The test, would not actually have all 68 questions, but the questions were required to be chosen from that list (in an effort to comply with Davis v. Schnell)

See Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:

When in 1949 a federal court in Alabama restricted the unlimited discretion of registrars and demanded standardized questions, the state drew up a list of no fewer than sixty-eight permissible questions

So what is in the OP link is the 68 permissible questions from the 1949-1964 time period.

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No, it is not the real 1965 test.

As explained in the congressional record:

In Alabama's tests- used since August 1964, answers to four of the eight questions are In printed material on the test sheet

So for this test, first you would read excerpts:

EXCERPTS FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

Part 1. In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice-President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Part 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction
Part 3. In all the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Part 4. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

Then there were 4 questions:

INSTRUCTION "C"
(After applicant has read, not aloud, the foregoing excerpts from the Constitution, he will answer the following questions in writing and without assistance:)

  1. In case the president is unable to perform the duties of his office, who assumes them?______________________
  2. "Involuntary servitude" is permitted in the United States upon conviction of a crime. (True or False)___________
  3. If a state is a party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in_________________
  4. Congress passes laws regulating cases which are included in those over which the United States Supreme Court has____________________________ jurisdiction.

I hereby certify that I have received no assistance in the completion of this citizenship and literacy test, that I was allowed the time I desired to complete it, and that I waive any right existing to demand a copy of same. (If for any reason the applicant does not wish to sign this, he must discuss the matter with the board of registrars.) Signed:___________________________________________ (Applicant)

Source: Proceedings of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate, Eighty-Ninth Congress, First Session on S. 1564, March 23-April 5, 1965 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1965) p. 762

However, from 1949 to 1964 there was a set of 68 questions on which the literacy test could be based. The test, would not actually have all 68 questions, but the questions were required to be chosen from that list.

See Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:

When in 1949 a federal court in Alabama restricted the unlimited discretion of registrars and demanded standardized questions, the state drew up a list of no fewer than sixty-eight permissible questions

So what is in the OP link is the 68 permissible questions from the 1949-1964 time period.