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A controlled cruelty that pretends to measure ability but mostly measures composure.
means A procedure designed to evaluate the knowledge, ability, quality, or reliability of someone or something.
from From Latin testum, an earthenware pot used by alchemists to assay metals — to test was literally to heat gold and see what survived the fire.
Assay rootsOriginally meant judging purity of precious metals.
Test pilotCoined when machines, not students, faced the trials.
Litmus testFrom actual lichen dye flipping red or blue.