Civics Test

[ABM]

I'm actually surprised at myself for getting 82% correct.

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

This test is not supposed to be an easy one. The website reports that avg. score was 49% and college professors average about 55%.

There are 33 Questions.

Also...

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html

 

[maxiep]

32 out of 33. I missed: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?

 

[jlprk]

91%, 30 out of 33. 2 of the wrong ones I question, and one was because I went too fast. (How can anyone not know who the Commander in Chief is? Yep, I got it wrong.)

As for Maxiep's quote, I memorized the speech in question when I was 9 and can still recite the first 2/3 of it. So I stumbled through that one....since the quote's in the last third.

 

[drexlersdad]

these questions easy as shit, the whole "college professors average about 55%" seems a little silly

 

[drexlersdad]

missed 2, the puritan one brain farted me for some reason

 

[Denny Crane]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Is slavery morally wrong?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because:
Your Answer: insurance companies cannot afford to replace all houses after a flood
Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it

Question: The Puritans:
Your Answer: were Catholic missionaries escaping religious persecution
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Got bored after 5 questions.

 

[Natebishop3]

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

That one got me too. I got 84%. The economic questions are a weakness for me. I've never been an economics person.

 

[Eastoff]

30 out of 33
Question: What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
Your Answer: their arguments helped lead to the abolition of the slave trade
Correct Answer: their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because:
Your Answer: citizens value it as much as bread and medicine
Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I missed 2.