Civics Exam . . .

[redcliffsw]

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.

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

[larryJ]

69.7% and missed a couple I should have remembered.

Larryj

[sixdogsmom]

I took this last night and scored 81.7 %. Civics was never a favorite in school, guess I should have paid more attention. 

[Warph]

Results:

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %


.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: Business profit is:
Your Answer: cost minus revenue
Correct Answer: revenue minus expenses
.
Question: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
Your Answer: Right to counsel
Correct Answer: Religion.

Can't believe I missed the first amendment question...  dumb, dumb, DUMB! 
Of course it's Religion.

[oldfart]

I must be one stupid cat got 57.58%,good thing have street smarts .Maybe only one too tell truth about score!!!

[Ross]

Heck Red, I actually did far better than I expected to do. I surprised myself.

•   You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
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: 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: 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: What impact did the Anti-Federalists have on the United States Constitution?
Your Answer: their influence ensured that the federal government would maintain a standing army
Correct Answer: their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights

•   Question: Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
Your Answer: it was legal in most states in the 1960s
Correct Answer: the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade

•   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

[redcliffsw]

I'm not surprised at your score.  You have a good understanding of this country. 

Why is it that the more educated of this country are more socialistic than earlier Americans?   Government education has taken much from this country. 

Ross, stay right in there.

 

[Diane Amberg]

So, I missed only one, the one about Socrates and Plato,etc. Shall I "stay right in there" too?  You make it sound like you are urging people to keep slapping each other around. HA!

[Bullwinkle]

     So, I didn't miss any.  .  Especially the one concerning philosophers.

[Ross]

     So, I didn't miss any.  .  Especially the one concerning philosophers.

Good job Bullwinkle.
Congratulations.