The Past Tests You

Who it is for. Readers who want history to be playable rather than recited — and are willing to be graded by it.

1. Volume 1

   Could You Pass in 1900?

   The Past Tests You, Book 1

   Could you pass in 1900? The more revealing question is whether the answers still deserve to pass today.

2. Volume 2

   Could You Get the Job in 1900?

   The Past Tests You, Book 2

   Could you win a federal desk, carry the mail, inspect a crowded city, or even reach the examination room in 1900?

3. Volume 3

   Could You Run the House in 1900?

   The Past Tests You, Book 3

   Could you keep a turn-of-the-century household fed, lit, clean, clothed—and solvent?

4. Volume 4

   Could You Behave in 1900?

   The Past Tests You, Book 4

   Could you survive an introduction, a calling card, a formal dinner, a courtship, a streetcar—and the hidden rules of respectable society in 1900? 100 source-traced encounters: predict whether each rule is right then, right now, both, or broken.