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LIFE Magazine Quiz!

Columbia University was featured in a February 15, 1954 LIFE Magazine article, written by classicist and longtime CC and Humanities A instructor Gilbert Highet, marking the university's bicentennial anniversary.  The article included a quiz titled "Some Things a Student Should Know" created by LIFE Magazine and featuring questions based on the Contemporary Civilization and Humanities curriculum. 

How many questions can you answer correctly?

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