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Bright can mean full of light, but it can also mean smart. A lamp should be bright as an object, so saying it was not very bright also jokes that it was not intelligent enough for the exam.
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Bright can mean full of light, but it can also mean smart. A lamp should be bright as an object, so saying it was not very bright also jokes that it was not intelligent enough for the exam.