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You answered 40 out of 60 correctly — 66.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.2%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.2%

rigged

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Poly Sci and History major here, got a 54 out of 60. I second guessed a question so shoulda been 55 oh well.

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ha, 31 correct for 51.67%. I'm a combination of apathetic and dumb about civics. I got most of the econ questions right.

whatever. AP US History 10 years ago. Nothing stuck.

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32 of 60, AP US History 16 years ago. Mostly made comic strips about the teacher during class. You could tell I was his favorite student, because the last day of class he called me "Darryl"- OH, so close... oh, and I HATE all things history.

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You answered 55 out of 60 correctly — 91.67 %.

36) According to just-war theory, a just war requires which of the following?
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
My answer: E. That no civilian casualties occur.

39) The question of why democracy leads to well-ordered government in America when disorder prevails in Europe is central to:
Question #39 - D. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
My answer: E. Charles Beard’s An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. I was just guessing here. I have read de Tocqueville for a college course, but that was a long time ago.

53) National defense is considered a public good because:
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
My answer: A. a majority of citizens value it.

58) What is a major effect of a purchase of bonds by the Federal Reserve?
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
My answer: D. An increase in interest rates.

60) The Federal government’s largest pay out over the past twenty years has been for:
Question #60 - B. social security.
My answer: C. interest on the national debt.

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WTF is this question:

27) Which statement is a common argument against the claim that “man cannot know things”?
A. Professors teach opinion not knowledge.
B. Appellate judges do not comprehend social justice.
C. Consensus belief in a democracy always contains error.
D. Man trusts his ability to know in order to reject his ability to know.
E. Social scientists cannot objectively rank cultures.

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I actually got that one "right",(D.) but I think it was dumb luck. Or maybe I thought the dumbass fuzzy philosophical answer went with the dumbass fuzzy philosophical question.

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How's it "fuzzy?" D is the only answer choice that is a logical argument against the statement in the question.

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I got 35 out of 60, although I am British. A lot of the questions didn't mean much to me and were obviously badly worded. For example:

27) Which statement is a common argument against the claim that “man cannot know things”?
A. Professors teach opinion not knowledge.
B. Appellate judges do not comprehend social justice.
C. Consensus belief in a democracy always contains error.
D. Man trusts his ability to know in order to reject his ability to know.
E. Social scientists cannot objectively rank cultures.

WTF? I actually got this one right, but only because I went for the one which fitted LEAST BADLY as an answer. Also, WTF has Plato got to do with the USA?

Appropiate answers to question 27 above would be something like:
F. G.E.Moore knows he has hands.
G. God would not deceive man about reality because He is benevolent.

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Question 27:

Person A: "We can't know anything."
Person B: "How do you know that?"
Person A: "I just kno- wait a minute..."