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The average person reads around 250 words per minute. How fast do you read? Find out by taking this quick test.

Below, you will find a short excerpt from an editorial that was reproduced in an old edition of the Evening Post during World War II (volume 216, Issue 31, p63). Ask someone with a stopwatch to time you and report, when you have finished reading the excerpt, exactly how many seconds your reading consumed. Then look at the table below to see how you have scored.

First, Read This Excerpt

One of our readers wrote in to say that what the anti-inflation fight needed was a substitute for the twenty-dollar silk shirt. In the last war, the silk shirt took 'purchasing power' away from the little fellows and shooed it under the wing of the higher-bracket taxpayers, where the Government could get a healthy cut of it. Our correspondent feels that in this war, what with priorities and other devices, the consumer is not getting sufficient opportunity to throw away his money on gewgaws. The result is that he still has money to compete for the necessities of life and thus contribute to the inflationary spiral.

Second, Find Your Score

How many seconds did it take you to read the excerpt? You will find your score in the chart below: