Quiz Time: Civics

[BallHawk]

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Post your score. 80% for me.

[sooner6600]

Thought I could beat you.

Got 76.7%

Congrats to you

[BallHawk]

Thought I could beat you.

Got 76.7%

Congrats to you

Eh, I have the advantage of having learned this stuff fairly recently.

[Tarlam!]

I got to question 32 before I said, fuck it.

[bobblehead]

This can't be right, I believed Hoosier on this one:

55) Over the past forty years, real income among American households has:
A. remained the same when averaged over all households.
B. involved the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
C. involved the poor getting richer and the rich getting poorer.
D. decreased for the middle class and increased for the upper class.
E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class


It just has to be B, It has to be, it can not possibly be E, I don't believe it. This entire test is flawed.

[Freak Out]

This can't be right, I believed Hoosier on this one:

55) Over the past forty years, real income among American households has:
A. remained the same when averaged over all households.
B. involved the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
C. involved the poor getting richer and the rich getting poorer.
D. decreased for the middle class and increased for the upper class.
E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class


It just has to be B, It has to be, it can not possibly be E, I don't believe it. This entire test is flawed.

Its just another flawed America hating liberal scum attempt to depress and frustrate you.

[texaspackerbacker]

This can't be right, I believed Hoosier on this one:

55) Over the past forty years, real income among American households has:
A. remained the same when averaged over all households.
B. involved the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
C. involved the poor getting richer and the rich getting poorer.
D. decreased for the middle class and increased for the upper class.
E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class


It just has to be B, It has to be, it can not possibly be E, I don't believe it. This entire test is flawed.

E is dead obvious. Anybody who has been around 40 years KNOWS everybody on all levels has a helluva lot more of everything good than back then.

The fact that even a few people would think otherwise is a tribute to the sick left-saturated media trying to disparage America and everything American.

A Fun Test! I got 91.7%, missing #19, 21, 27, 31, 60.

[the_idle_threat]

I missed 10 out of 60, scoring an 83.33%. Missed a couple I shouldn't have (like the first one---I thought it was early 1600s but second-guessed it might have been very late 1500s), but I guessed right on some others, so the score is about right for me. Missed Plato, Edmund Burke, Toqueville. Never had a class that covered political philosophy/thought, so I was weak in that area particularly. Got a couple right, though, with edumacated guesses.

Excellent quiz to take; learned some things.

[mraynrand]

52 out of 60 for 93%. Hey, it's a civics test, not a math test!

[mraynrand]

52 out of 60 for 93%. Hey, it's a civics test, not a math test!

OK, that was a lame joke. I got 56 right. I got the following wrong:

Question #10 - E. slavery and its expansion.
Question #13 - B. the nature and control of Reconstruction.
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.

19 screwed me up because I thought B AND C were correct. Damn Plato!

19) In The Republic, Plato points to the desirability of:
A. tyranny.
B. democracy.
C. philosopher kings.
D. commercial republics.
E. world government.


And what about 53?
53) National defense is considered a public good because:
A. a majority of citizens value it.
B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
C. military contracts increase employment opportunities.
D. a majority of citizens support the military during war.
E. airport security personnel are members of the Federal civil service.

I answered A. It should be A (A is A). Something is a public good, because you can benefit without paying for it! Probably answered the way I did because John Galt was kicking me in the head over that one!

That was fun.

[Patler]

I got an A in Civics decades and decades ago. At this point taking this test would not be a Civics check as much as an Alzheimers evaluation!

[mraynrand]

I got an A in Civics decades and decades ago. At this point taking this test would not be a Civics check as much as an Alzheimers evaluation!

LOL. You can get screened for the plaque proteins. Just drop your drawers and say Ahhh!

[K-town]

48 out of 60 = 80%

[Harlan Huckleby]

Re: Quiz Time: Civics

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Post your score. 80% for me.

I got to the line that said there will be 60 questions and fled.

I project myself to have scored 96%, i got civics coming out of my ass.

Is this like the Wonderlic test for posters? Maybe you should have a minimum score to post on "issues"

[BallHawk]

Re: Quiz Time: Civics

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Post your score. 80% for me.

I got to the line that said there will be 60 questions and fled.

I project to have scored 96%, i got civics coming out of my ass.

Is this like the Wonderlic test for posters? Maybe you should have a minimum score to post on "issues"

Set it at 71% considering that's the average according to the site.

Every poster in any political thread must take it. Kiwon, Tex, Tyrone, you, etc.