Good civics quiz

[onemeangixxer7502]

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

LOL 78% here

[Lason]

Jeez I did horribly, 68% I think. I was rushing because Im about to leave and it showed, haha.

[hotrod66stang]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

[matts5.0]

76.. im the dumb.

[sc281]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

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: eliminate the Supreme Court
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Your Answer: U.S. Constitution
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

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: The Puritans:
Your Answer: believed in complete religious freedom
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

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

[GE]

So much for that Political Science degree.

You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %

[Slow Five-O]

60.61%

[Superwho]

I love when someone posts these, the first 10 are usually honest answers, then comes the jackass with the perfect score claim.

[naynay]

i suck 17-33 51%

we got a black president though!

[Shorty]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

[svauto-erotic855]

Was easy for me. Got them all right.

[Tx Redneck]

You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %

And all I has is a Good Enough Diploma.

[majorownage]

Need to brush up on a bit of history...

The FDR questions were ghay.

81.82 %


Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Your Answer: Declaration of Independence
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

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: 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: eliminate the Supreme Court
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

Question: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
Your Answer: Due process
Correct Answer: Religion

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:
Your Answer: markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law
Correct Answer: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends

[helosailor]

81.82 %

[351Coupe]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

Incorrect Answers

Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
Your Answer: decreasing both taxes and spending
Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

Question: What part of the government has the power to declare war?
Your Answer: the president
Correct Answer: Congress

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

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: impeach several Supreme Court justices
Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
Your Answer: Declaration of Independence
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

Question: The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in:
Your Answer: the Constitution
Correct Answer: Thomas Jefferson’s letters

Question: The Puritans:
Your Answer: opposed all wars on moral grounds
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity