What is your civic literacy?

[JBusch8899]

I performed an INGO search and not found this website in any threads.

The first quiz is 33 questions in length. It is not easy as there are questions beyond the typical American history quiz. Economics and Greek philosophy are in the mix. Good luck.

My score without googling (cheating) for help: 93.9%, 31 of 33.

Civic Literacy Report - Civics Quiz

Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

 

[miguel]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %
Average score for this quiz during May: 76.2%


I was kicking arse and taking names until I missed the last three questions!


Guess I need to brush up on economics...

 

[dross]

Biased in several questions, flat out wrong in a couple of others. That said, I scored 90.something.

 

[MadBomber]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Looks like the Purdue education was wasted on me.... oh wait...this is post 420 for me so that probably explains it

 

[jsgolfman]

Yeah, what dross said. I missed 2 as well, economics questions which were wrong.

 

[Truckerman79]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %

Answers to Your Missed Questions:

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters
Question #19 - B. teaching evolution in the schools
Question #26 - C. revenue minus expenses
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

 

[Snayperskaya]

I missed 5. Not too bad, although I would like to have done better. But that just may be my competitive streak.

 

[jbombelli]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
Average score for this quiz during May: 76.3%




Damn. Figures. I need to go back to school.

 

[Shadowbeach]

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[sparky241]

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Average score for this quiz during May: 76.4%


Im not sure i agree with some of the answers on the test

 

[Rabÿros]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % (no cheating)

I'd like to see my smartass government teacher get a better score.
Yes I'm talking to you Mr. Solman

 

[miguel]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Looks like the Purdue education was wasted on me.... oh wait...this is post 420 for me so that probably explains it

Hey, I went to IU so I didn't have to study as hard as the Purdue guys but got the same score -- GO HOOSIERS!!!

 

[SavageEagle]

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Average score for this quiz during May: 76.4%


Yep, I need some studying....


Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #18 - A. guarantee women the right to vote in national elections
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

 

[JBusch8899]

This is the scary part of this test:

The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%.

College professors don't teach the facts, and the people are buying the crap that politicians are spewing. Ya think that this is the reason why the country is in the shape that it is?

I wonder how the progressive judiciary, which are supposed to interpret and apply the law, would score.

 

[deanr]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

 

[bigus_D]

Biased in several questions, flat out wrong in a couple of others. That said, I scored 90.something.

Can you expand on this a little?

I scored 30/33, or 90.9%

 

[Shadowbeach]

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[dross]

Can you expand on this a little?

I scored 30/33, or 90.9%

Question 33 - No answer is correct. Taxes can equal government spending but we can still have a debt, printing money is a non sequitur, government helping is irrelevant to the question, tax per person doesn't necessarily equal government spending, and the question doesn't address tax loopholes and special spending. The correct answer would be that the budget is balanced and there is no deficit.

Question 30 - 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?

They said "most likely" and then gave the answer as correct that would be most effective. In my experience it is extremely unlikely in a recession that the government would lower spending and taxes.

Also, there were a couple of oversimplified questions.

 

[MadBomber]

I do like to think that the scores reported here tend to say a lot about "us" as a group. We're not your typical over-educated sheeple. Or, most of us are just so old that we all went to school back when they used to actually teach us this stuff.

Shadowbeach, I think there's some truth in this. But JBusch8899 mentioned "College professors don't teach the facts, and the people are buying the crap that politicians are spewing. Ya think that this is the reason why the country is in the shape that it is?" I've always believed that education is a continuing effort that doesn't end when you graduate high school, college, etc. So even if some professors don't teach facts, I'd hope that anyone who went to the trouble to go to school would continue to make the effort to learn and educate themselves.

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

Yeah, what dross said. I missed 2 as well, economics questions which were wrong.