What's your score

[EyeKhan]

And don't cheat! It will skew any subsequent analysis.

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

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

[Timbuk2]

You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %

Considering I ain't no Yank and know next to jack shit about Yank guvmint policies and Yank history, I'll take it.

And when the blurb at the start of the test states The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. , I consider myself 348% more knowledgeable about Yanksville than actual Yanks do. But there's only a 82% chance of that being true.

[Flixy]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

But I must admit I did guess a couple (well, an educated guess). Was wrong on #4, 8, 11 and 22. Guessed on 7, 8, 11, 15, 19.

[Crowheart]

78.79%

Economics ain't my bag.

[littlelolligagged]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Average score for this quiz during November: 77.7%


I felt some of these questions had a very conservative bias.

[Loki]

32. Wasn't sure which aspect of slavery Lincoln and Douglas debated.

[Crowheart]

What the devil does Sputnik have to do with American Civics anyways?

[Ominous Gamer]

31 out of 33

Missed 7 and 15. I've always been bad as questions like that. Take all these important moments that are slightly related to each other, and peg which one these few words came out of

[Flixy]

What the devil does Sputnik have to do with American Civics anyways?

Or plato, socrates, aristotle, and aquinas.. And are puritans relevant in American Civics? And the last question is really obvious since the answer just adds two words, and the answer to the first question is given a few questions later.

[Dreadnaught]

32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %.

Missed 13 about Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas.

[EyeKhan]

I felt some of these questions had a very conservative bias.

Totally agree.

Also - I got the Life Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness wrong. I put down property. I completely knew the answer.... The other one I got wrong as what the anti-Federalists held out for - I answered the power to tax.

[EyeKhan]

What the devil does Sputnik have to do with American Civics anyways?

It started the space race - a very big deal.

[littlelolligagged]

I missed Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Socrates. Felt like an idiot after.

In all honesty, I would have missed the one about Douglas and Lincoln as well if a certain little girl I know hadn't used Douglas for the letter D in her social studies project (that she made a B on). After she finished it I skimmed through to see what she had done so it refreshed my memory.

[EyeKhan]

I missed Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Socrates. Felt like an idiot after.

In all honesty, I would have missed the one about Douglas and Lincoln as well if a certain little girl I know hadn't used Douglas for the letter D in her social studies project (that she made a B on). After she finished it I skimmed through to see what she had done so it refreshed my memory.

God I love my kids. Aren't they great?

[NGS]

Ouch, Khan, anti-Federalists wanting to give the gov. the power to tax??

Having said that, 29/33 for me
Missed 7 & 15 like OG, as well as 27 & 30. Not exactly well versed in economics, but like you guys I thought the answers to those were quite conservative.

Looking at the table they provide when you've finished is interesting, too. I wouldn't've pegged the definition of a public good as the 2nd most closely known by citizens and officials. Awkward wording, eww.

[EyeKhan]

You totally have no room to criticize.

[Wraith]

32. Not sure what some of these have to do with American civics, though.

[Nessus]

[']['ear]

No thanks, this is a partisan site. Some of these questions are pushing philosophy as fact. For example:

30) Which of the following fiscal policy combinations would a government most likely follow to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession?
A. increasing both taxes and spending
B. increasing taxes and decreasing spending
C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
D. decreasing both taxes and spending

There is no concrete answer to this, it is based on one's economic philosophy. This and a couple of other questions make me think that we're looking at a subtle push poll whose purpose is to actually influence opinions. No good social scientist would put a question like this on a poll.

[Loki]

Actually, that's a pretty straightforward question. It doesn't say "which policy should the government enact", merely "which policy it is mostly like to enact", and lower taxes and higher spending is what a vast majority of US governments have done over the last half century. There were a few more objectionable questions though.

[']['ear]

Depends on whether one depends primarily on Keynesian approaches or not. You've made your opinion clear, but others disagree.

[Loki]

But the point is that every US government (for at least half a century) has undertaken these policies...That's a simple fact. It doesn't matter if one agrees with those policies.

[Timbuk2]

I'm thick.

[']['ear]

I thought George HW Bush raised taxes?

[Loki]

He raised taxes in 1989 (for the 1990 budget). The recession started in July 1990.

[Illusions]

Depends on whether one depends primarily on Keynesian approaches or not. You've made your opinion clear, but others disagree.

Thats the answer I gave and I know fuck-all about economics, its just that this seemed like the most reasonable answer, and most commonly used method in the past, so please stop trying to cast this as some result of partisan hackery.

[EyeKhan]

I thought George HW Bush raised taxes?

You didn't read his lips.

[EyeKhan]

Thats the answer I gave and I know fuck-all about economics, its just that this seemed like the most reasonable answer, and most commonly used method in the past, so please stop trying to cast this as some result of partisan hackery.

Right. You have to answer it based on history, not based on ideology.

[Dattu]

Wow, I pulled off a 93.94%. I missed #7 (Gov't of, by, for people) and #13 (about philosophers).

[oldmunchkin]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Guess that's not bad for someone who doesn't remember her history classes, never studied philosophy or economics, and is lucky to remember what I had for dinner.


I missed #4, 7, 8, 29, and 33.