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<p>Recently, Media Mob had a bad dream in which we found ourselves back in our high-school Latin class, facing a pop quiz on—let's call it Cicero—and realized with growing dread that we hadn't picked up a Latin book in ages, and were on the verge of wildly failing said test. </p>
<p>Speaking of failing to prepare, knowing nothing about the subject at hand, and being humiliated as a result ... have you seen the above clip from yesterday's <em>Hardball</em> on MSNBC?  <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.observer.com/2008/pundit-miserably-fails-pop-quiz-live-tv">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 12:33:15 -0400</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Felix Gillette</dc:creator>
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