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A Quality Civics Quiz (Take it!)

Submitted by Hard Work on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 19:14
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This is pretty cool. A very solid civics quiz. Take the test and report back to the group with your results if you care to. I got an even 85%. I guess the average online score since September is 71.9%. Take it and see for yourself where your economic, political, historical and constitutional knowledge stands. (No using wikipedia or other "tools"!!)

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

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83.33%

Submitted by rex84 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 14:57.

50/60, but still better than the highest average college score, Harvard, with 69.56%

PS. I would have been cool if they'd asked which candidate you perfered in the '08 election, then showed the avg. score for each candidate's base. I bet RP fans would be the highest.

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86.67 Need to read more plato

Submitted by ironman77 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 14:08.

Anyway, at least its way better than the Harvard brats.

I'd like to have the fox commentators take this. (and that idiot Megan Mcardle)

78.33% Oh well! I guess I'm not as smart as I thought...

Submitted by FireTeamforFreedom on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:45.

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Dang those "Philosopher Kings"

Submitted by Prof de la Paz on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:34.

Only scored a piddling 95%

I'll have to give some thought to reading Plato's Republic again.

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85%

Submitted by dcarter9 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:19.

ou answered 51 out of 60 correctly — 85.00 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 71.9%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 71.9%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.
You can consult the following table to see how freshmen and seniors scored on each question as part of the survey administration.

Where to from here?
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #1 - D. 1601-1700
Question #16 - D. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
Question #27 - D. Man trusts his ability to know in order to reject his ability to know.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #43 - A. A state that seeks to expand its power generates resistance by other states.
Question #52 - C. revenue minus expenses.
Question #55 - E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class.
Question #57 - A. Theaters will sell fewer tickets.
Question #60 - B. social security.
Maybe I'd do better if I weren't so stoned.

Not proud....

Submitted by sistagirl86 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:48.

but here's my result:

You answered 40 out of 60 correctly — 66.67 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 71.9%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 71.9%

How embarrassing for me.....Good news: I know what I'll be reading up on for a while.

For those who

Submitted by saul4paul2 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:49.

got less than 90% on this easy test. Don't you people read anything other than comic books?

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STFU, AH!

Submitted by rex84 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 14:52.

Arrogant piece of crap.

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I still have the same vote

Submitted by pingish on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 14:03.

with my 78% score as you with your 98%.

What's your point?

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I salute your 98%,

Submitted by Prof de la Paz on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:40.

but I object to your nasty "comic book" remark. I admit I only scored a 95, But I don't think my failure was due to my love for seriagraphic literature. I'm no Brainiac 5 (or even Reed Richards), but I still fancy myself a fairly informed citizen.

Excelsior!
LehrBoy
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!?!?!?

Submitted by sistagirl86 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:01.

My results are posted....and nowhere near 90%.

I have never read a comic book; however, I do manage to:
-own & operate a business,
-run a family farm,
-own and manage my own rental properties,
-raise my children.

and my most recent addition to my schedule:
-organize an RP MUG.

All of this AFTER working/paying my own way through college.

I'm sure when we get Dr. Paul elected to office I won't have to work so hard for those dollars that the politicians in Washington take from me and then waste.....Maybe then I'll have time to read all of those history books......

You are missing a treat

Submitted by Prof de la Paz on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:47.

sistagirl,

May I suggest that you check out Frank Miller's Dark Knight, Will Eisner's Spirit, Steve Ditko's Question, or Paul Levitz' Legion of Super-Heroes? And ALWAYS bear in mind Sturgeon's Law: "90% of everything is crud."

Viva Agora!
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Did you have

Submitted by saul4paul2 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:09.

to walk uphill both ways to college in the snow??

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You do all of that?

Submitted by saul4paul2 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:12.

And still have time to get on here at 1 in the morning? Better get to bed, you got to feed those cows at 6am in the morning!

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Not as Well as I'd Hoped

Submitted by sovereign one on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:24.

But 83.33% ain't bad, especially compared with college students. (AND I had four or five more answers right and then changed them.)

GREAT quiz! Educational! Thanks!

Sorry. Posted Comment Twice.

Submitted by sovereign one on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:26.

Oops.

98%

Submitted by saul4paul2 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:23.

Thought I had got a hundred.

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Very Challenging

Submitted by Xthe17th on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:18.

Thanks for the link. I plan to share it with friends, family, and collegues. As you can see, I never studied economics.

You answered 54 out of 60 correctly — 90.00 %
...
Answers to Your Missed Questions:

Question #9 - B. was a stalemate.
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #54 - D. can be reversed by government spending more than it taxes.
Question #55 - E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class.
Question #60 - B. social security.

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Some of the answers were worded... crappily?

Submitted by lidphi on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:02.

"Trade with all nations, alliance with none, should be our policy"

-Thomas Jefferson

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Yeah ...

Submitted by jwalsh on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:14.

I thought calling our form of government an "indirect democracy" is pure crap.

The constitution establishes a republic, and guarantees a republican form of government.

I agree

Submitted by Hard Work on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:15.

We are clearly a constitutionally limited republic plain and simple. This was the worst question on the quiz.

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got 65%

Submitted by fortworthman on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:55.

not to good but atleast im learning.

86.67%

Submitted by DeMolay on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:51.

That was a hard test. Like Rodney Dangerfeild says "You got a "C", at least your in the top three".

I'll never tell

Submitted by Scott Barber on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:46.

Lets just say I have some reading to do.

Thank goodness I went into programming and not politics!

Ok, ok I'm a dumbass, I admit it. At least I *passed* the thing. Sorta like Tommy Boy passed.

But hey, the rEVOLution needs ditch diggers too!

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I bet

Submitted by saul4paul2 on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 00:25.

you got 58%...thats not passing!

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Oh now I get it...

Submitted by Scott Barber on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:21.

You just joined this site.

Thanks for the lesson. Next time someone posts the way you do, I'll check how long they have been a member before engaging them.

Oh, and you would have lost that bet.

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Hey

Submitted by Scott Barber on Sat, 12/29/2007 - 01:18.

I think I know what a passing score is.

Don't you have better things to do than harrass people?

I thought you wanted to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

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Not a Bad Exam

Submitted by mstrombe on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:21.

I scored a 90%.

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Fun

Submitted by H-daddy on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:13.

and earned an 87. But I don't like 2 of their answers!

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81.67%

Submitted by wd4freedom on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 23:10.

A little stale on history,..........

You answered 49 out of 60 correctly — 81.67 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 71.9%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 71.9%