"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see."
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Here's a civics test. It's not supposed to be easy. There are 33 multiple-choice questions, and it should take maybe 10 minutes or less, depending on how long you think. Some answers can be figured out by logic, even if you are unfamiliar with the topic.
The website reports that average score is 49% and college professors average about 55%. People who had been elected to public office scored lower than average, but it was a small sample and they hadn't asked what public office, so there's no information as to whether they were U.S. senators or local dogcatchers.
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692
Please take it, leave a comment with your score, and note which question(s) you missed.
DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST BEFORE TAKING THE TEST!
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8 comments:
84.85%. Ha. I guess I paid attention in civics class.
29 out of 33 Need to brush up on Anti-Federalists, flood control levees, source of "wall of separation," and free markets effect on prosperity.
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
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You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %
Got these wrong:
- increasing / decreasing taxes /spending
- Free markets vs government (means and ends)
- Lincoln / Douglas debates
- Roosevelt threatening the Supreme court.
This comment went to my email from Blogger, but for some unknown reason it didn't appear as a comment on the post. So I'll add it here myself.
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Bella
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My results:
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Incorrect Answers
Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Your Answer: an increase in a nation’s import tariffs
Correct Answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity
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Question: The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in:
Your Answer: the Declaration of Independence
Correct Answer: Thomas Jefferson’s letters
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Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average
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Question: The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
Your Answer: discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
Correct Answer: establishing an official religion for the United States
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Question: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
Your Answer: Right to bear arms
Correct Answer: Religion
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Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
Your Answer: all moral and political truth is relative to one’s time and place
Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
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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
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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
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Question: The Puritans:
Your Answer: believed in complete religious freedom
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity.
Posted by Bella to I Don't Understand
at 11/16/12 9:28 PM
27/33 for 81.82. I surprised I did this well as American History is not one of my loves and I was on the second glass of wine. Interesting quiz.
I tied fmcetc. with 27/33. I missed the ones about Roosevelt & the Supreme Court; the Lincoln-Douglas debate; "Gov't of the people, by the people, for the people"; the taxes = gov't spending one; rights or freedoms of the 1st Amendment; and the one about the puritans.
81.82%!! A solid B, right there.
p.s. High school diploma and Vo-Tech. HA!
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