Interesting US civics test
 

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

Some of these questions are actually pretty tough.

You answered 54 out of 60 correctly — 90.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.6%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.6%

How'd you do?

The test takes about 15-20 minutes to complete.

I'm curious to find out how much the average OOT'er (who will respond with their score) knows about general US history and economics questions.

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73.3 but i'm canadian hurray!

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You answered 54 out of 60 correctly — 90.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

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75%, which I guess is not embarrassing for a non-American.

Still lol @ the idea being able to answer this quiz indicates education.

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tl;didnt complete

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By the way, I like how the average monthly score has gone down since kipin started sending OOT over there.

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about 72% for me.

I guarantee the average score of a US citzen would be much, much lower. I'm guessing 100 truly random sampled people would bomb this test hard.

However, to the type of person a test like this interests ("Hey, a civics test? I'll take 10 minutes and do it.") about a 70-75% score sounds about right. Some of those questions are indeed tough.

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68.3% and I'm Canadian

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You answered 52 out of 60 correctly — 86.67 %

Pretty sure I got all the history/government ones right, but I need to learn more about philosophy and economics I guess.

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I'm mid-way through and this question is [censored] with my head.

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27) Which statement is a common argument against the claim that “man cannot know things”?

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You answered 52 out of 60 correctly — 86.67 %

Pretty sure I got all the history/government ones right, but I need to learn more about philosophy and economics I guess.

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I started this and was pretty much exactly the opposite. I've never really had interest in history/government until recently.

I did skim through the test though, and decided to answer the last 15 or so questions related to the economy, and got all but one of them.

I'd probably score < 40% on the historical questions.

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You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %

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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.

They give B as the correct answer. Should be A, no?

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about 72% for me.

I guarantee the average score of a US citzen would be much, much lower. I'm guessing 100 truly random sampled people would bomb this test hard.

However, to the type of person a test like this interests ("Hey, a civics test? I'll take 10 minutes and do it.") about a 70-75% score sounds about right. Some of those questions are indeed tough.

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qft

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You answered 43 out of 60 correctly — 71.67 %

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #2 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity.
Question #5 - D. Yorktown
Question #7 - B. Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, Appomattox
Question #8 - E. Thomas Jefferson's letters.
Question #9 - B. was a stalemate.
Question #13 - B. the nature and control of Reconstruction.
Question #14 - C. 1901-1925
Question #18 - D. The Declaration of Independence.
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #23 - B. Marbury v. Madison.
Question #26 - D. John Locke.
Question #31 - A. Edmund Burke argued that society consists of a union of past, present, and future generations.
Question #32 - B. Common Sense.
Question #34 - B. President Washington's Farewell Address.
Question #35 - A. discouraged new colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Question #60 - B. social security.



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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.

They give B as the correct answer. Should be A, no?

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No.

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I got an 80, and if I weren't currently taking Constitutional Law, I might've missed a few more. Oh well, slightly above average FTW!

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ughugh after 3 questions i felt like i was in high school history again, and couldn't go on

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34, English Lit Major lo those many years ago. I answered 37 out of 60 correctly — 61.67 %. Somebody who scored lower than me post!

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You answered 58 out of 60 correctly — 96.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%

Yay!

edit- Missed 58 and 60. Narrowed 60 to two and guessed wrong.

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You answered 55 out of 60 correctly — 91.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%

Missed 1, 19, 31, 35, 58.

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ughugh after 3 questions i felt like i was in high school history again, and couldn't go on

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WTF high school you go to? My high school may have taught me the answers to like 4 of those questions. I got 45 right. That test is def hard for just like high school civics or the equivalent. Like Id never read or heard anything about washington's farewell address among other things discussed. PS the economics questions were def crucial to raising my score.

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You answered 51 out of 60 correctly — 85.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%

the philosophy ones killed me. The average American would score under 50% on this IMO.

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You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%

Meh, not bad but I was hoping to beat the OP.

Oh, and LFS, I'm an English major, too, so you can't use that as an excuse, bro.

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ughugh after 3 questions i felt like i was in high school history again, and couldn't go on

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WTF high school you go to? My high school may have taught me the answers to like 4 of those questions.

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Ya rly. If it hadn't been for 1L Con Law I'd have probably gotten like 35/60.

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45/60
Question #2 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity.
Question #13 - B. the nature and control of Reconstruction.
Question #18 - D. The Declaration of Independence.
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #21 - A. support ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Question #23 - B. Marbury v. Madison.
Question #26 - D. John Locke.
Question #33 - C. To receive ambassadors.
Question #34 - B. President Washington's Farewell Address.
Question #35 - A. discouraged new colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #37 - C. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Question #39 - D. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Question #60 - B. social security.

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Got a 33, but I misclicked 4 answers somehow. I mighta gotten another 4 or so if I took more time, but definitely missed almost all the philospher questions. Man do I feel dumb. I woulda thought I woulda gotten an above average score, not such a drastically lower score than average.

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I learned most of the history questions in high school during my IB history classes.

All the economics stuff I have learned in college (I'm an econ major...) And most of the constitutional law type stuff I have also learned in college through my own quest for knowledge, and through a couple of my economics classes.

I just thought the test was pretty interesting, and definitely filled with a lot of questions not normally presented on history type tests so I posted it.

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I'm positive something like this is much easier for someone who's just out of high school or college. Alexis de Tocqueville just doesn't come up all that often in the real world.

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55 out of 60, 91.67%. And yes, being exposed to the material within the last 4-5 years does make it easier than being in your 30's with a demanding job, a wife and kids, I really hope I have enough going on in my life then that I'll have more important things replace my worthless high school and college trivia.

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You answered 53 out of 60 correctly — 88.33 %

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70% of course, i haven't been to law school yet :-/

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I'm positive something like this is much easier for someone who's just out of high school or college. Alexis de Tocqueville just doesn't come up all that often in the real world.

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The site said that they surveyed incoming college freshmen and the average was a 53%. I got a good score because I took AP History and AP Gov't and I'm a nerd about history/economics/philosophy in general. I was not taught the answers to quite a few of those questions in high school.

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ugh, 88%

only a college professor or very intelligent person could score 100% on that though. that test is not easy.

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43/60, i got a 5 on ap history too. killed a lot brain cells since.

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I didn't look at it yet but i bet i could get 90%+ just from reading the comments

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lol so easy, like high school ap history again

You answered 55 out of 60 correctly — 91.67 %

edit: also misclicked on a question, should have been 56

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lol 47/60 and I'm teaching US History.

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58/60

there are some definite biases in the test though. I'd imagine it was written by a faintly libertarian/republican person or organization. I felt that both the phrasing and content of the econ portion and its prominence (compared to say cultural stuff) shows through.

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there are some definite biases in the test though. I'd imagine it was written by a faintly libertarian/republican person or organization. I felt that both the phrasing and content of the econ portion and its prominence (compared to say cultural stuff) shows through.

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I just closed it, but you're referring to the keynes question, and the free market question I'm assuming?

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50) Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:

omg super biased question