Good civics quiz

[Grimpala]

94% :d

[Binky]

81.82 -in my defense the ones i missed were fucking stupid questions.

[mstng86]

75.76. I missed a few i should have read slower. Like the government debt one.

[matts5.0]

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

Hahaha.. truth.

[Treasure Chest]

75.76. I missed a few i should have read slower. Like the government debt one.

I shouldn't have missed the second one, but I read it too fast. The first one tripped me up, and the third one, I completely guessed.

Results
You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

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: 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
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: increasing both taxes and spending
Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending
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

[fordracing19]

I r dumb.
You answered 16 out of 33 correctly — 48.48 %
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[Foxy90GT]

I got 24/33 --- 72.73%
I'll take it

[71chevellejohn]

27/33 81.82% not bad since I haven't studied any of that in over 10 years...

If only the elcted officals scored as well as the general public - http://www.americancivicliteracy.org...l_finding.html

[Baba Ganoush]

I only missed one, the Puritans question. Other than that it was still pretty easy for my feeble mind.

[sc281]

27/33 81.82% not bad since I haven't studied any of that in over 10 years...

If only the elcted officals scored as well as the general public - http://www.americancivicliteracy.org...l_finding.html

Not. Fuckin. Surprised.

18. Taxes and Government Spending 27.7 22.12 -5.58
19. Free Markets vs. Centralized Planning 16.25 10.71 -5.54
20. Action Prohibited by the Bill of Rights 26.41 21.24 -5.17

[68RR]

Quiz InformationFull Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey)
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.
.ResultsYou answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

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: 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: 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.

[GrayStangGT]

You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

2 of the ones I missed because I was in a hurry and either misread the question or didn't read all the choices before picking one.

[Hmbre97]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %


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: 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: 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

[beefed88]

obviously we have the smartest forum on the planet. Just about everyone scored 20% higher than the average. smells fishy.

[Nash B.]

29 out of 33, but I guessed on many of them. I guess I'm a good guesser.