Tuesday, September 10, 2013

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Take the quiz...See how you do.

My bet is that most Obama voters won't get above 50%.

They call it civics...But it is history too.

HT: Knuckledraggin (not always SFW)




9 comments:

Knucklehead said...

Thanks for that pointer. I be pretty good at this sort of thing.

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

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?

Knucklehead said...

Thanks for that pointer. I be pretty good at this sort of thing.

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

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


The table showing the deficit between "citizens" and "elected officials" is revealing. There are only 4 questions for which "elected officials" had a larger percentage of correct answers.

Presuming knowledge of basic civics and history is useful for governing, we would be better off governed by people chosen randomly from a phone book. Oh, wait, well, do those exist anymore?

Knucklehead said...

sorry for the doublish post. No idea how that happened.

FrankC said...

I got 30 of 33 and I'm not from there.
If "educators" only scored 55% then pity your kids.

James said...

87.88% 29 of 34. 2 were "no brainers" I shouldn't have missed. 1 I honestly did not know and the last I completely mis-read.

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James said...

29 out of 33. LOL

James said...

29 out of 33. LOL

Joe said...

30/33

should have been 31/33, clicked the wrong button by mistake.