Literacy test
（重定向自Literary test）
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A literacy test assesses a person's understanding of a particular language. Literacy tests have been administered by various governments to immigrants, and in the United States between the 1850s and 1960s, literacy tests were also administered to prospective voters and used to disenfranchise racial minorities.