Can You Pass This 33-Question Civics Test? (Most Americans Cannot.)

Actually, I think D could either mean that:

(Given that the taxes paid is equal to the spending)

(i) The taxes paid by each person are the the same as the amount of spending on each person.

(ii) The taxes paid divided by the number of people is the same as the amount of spending divided by the number of people.

Of course, there could be other mix and match possibilities, but to be linguistically consistent, these are perhaps the main two.

The first one is clearly false/not correct. The second one is tautological. Either way, given that this is supposed to be the correct answer, it's a poorly worded question.

Yes I missed that one too. 32 out of 33.

The key word is "debt", which most of us RP'ers jumped on. I certainly did. But they see "debt" as meaning more than just that year and rightly so,...for just a year they would use "deficit" or "annual deficit".
So, D then becomes true and the better choice.

In peace & liberty,
Treg

PS.... Has someone gone to the trouble to put together a real test for the Presidency? You know we have SATs, MCATs, the Bar Exam,....etc

So it would be really interesting to have a standardized Office Holder/Presidency exam. Call it the OHP Exam. The Exam could be used for anyone seeking elected Office, from State governments to the Federal Government. The danger of course would be if the "wrong" questions and or answers get in there and even worse, the test became law, as a legal requirement. But if it could remain free from that (BIG IF) it would prove interesting.

Take question #30 "Which of the following fiscal policy combinations would a government most likely follow to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?"

I had to read it over twice, focus on the phrase, "most likely follow", and realize that it was not "should follow" or "most likely work". I had to take into account what bad action they would take. For that answer it was clear that the "Obama dance" would be the most likely followed course, reduce taxes AND increase spending.

coming back to USA from Canada. I had lost my wallet and had no ID whatsoever. The agent took me into a dimly lit back room and proceded to ask me a series of civics questions. Presumably questions that any real US citizen would know the answers to. Needless to say I didn't get them all right but they let me back in anyway.

You got the 1st one right :)

Teapot is an obscure scandal during Grant admionistration (?) I actually knew what it was back then but being nervous gave him a long winded answer about some other thing I had learned in 10th grade. Good enough!

as well as other founding fathers, I would not. Further, I would add lots of stuff about the Roman Republic