Full Civic Literacy Exam

[MicaelS]

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

Not too shabby --- You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

[MineralMan]

1. I also got 31 out of 33.

Looking at my wrong answers, I feel foolish. I misinterpreted the questions.

[grasswire]

3. yep, my errors were foolish, too

The phone was ringing and I needed to hurry.

[grasswire]

2. the number for college educators is shameful!

My score wasn't quite as good as yours, but more than thirty points higher than the college educators got!

[EFerrari]

4. I got 30 right. More than I expected. n/t

[Playinghardball]

5. Already posted

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1206743

[guardian]

6. 32 out of 33

goofed up on the Puritan question.

[exboyfil]

11. I had to think about that one for

a minute. They were only interested in religious freedom for themselves. In fact they wanted to duplicate Calvin's "paradise" in Switzerland in the New World - hardly a recipe for religious freedom.

[Brickbat]

7. I think this is a bizarre test and the wording of the questions and wrong answers make the agenda

behind it very clear.

[exboyfil]

8. 33 out of 33

Smoking.

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

[demtenjeep]

9. missed 3

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email [email protected].

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

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[blondeatlast]

10. Didn't think I did all that well but I still beat out most college grads--74%.

Economics sunk me as usual.

[angstlessk]

12. That was fun!

Results

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email [email protected].

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

Incorrect Answers

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

[angstlessk]

13. Did you click through to the comparison of regular citizens vs elected officials?

On only 4 questions did they score higher then the average citizen!

[SteveG]

14. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

One big problem with this quiz, it was developed by an ultra-right wing organization, and it's questions on economics assume that the Austrian School of Economics, Hayak and Friedman are absolutely correct in all matters of economics.

[Obamanaut]

15. This has been on page 1 of GD since shortly after midnight, has over 100 responses

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1206743&mesg_id=1206743

[sinkingfeeling]

16. 32 out of 33. n/t