Americans--Can you pass this test???

www.americancivicliteracy.org...

Of the 2,508 Americans taking ISI’s civic literacy test, 71% fail. Nationwide, the average score on the test is only 49%. The vast majority cannot recognize the language of Lincoln’s famous speech.

Test yourself, share your score or not. Enjoy.

miss post....sorry

funis duo

[edit on 31-3-2009 by Snisha]

Wow...I got a 51.52 % Not too good I guess.
I got completely lost when it came to the economic questions

reply to post by Tinman67


I just took it.

I answered 21 out of 33 correctly which gave me...

63.64%

Hey that's almost 9% higher than college educators tho

But I'm still an Rtard

i am NOT an american - so i think that 30 out of 33 was pretty dammed good

i got q 4 , 8 and 13 wrong

4 & 8 i guess SHOULD be easy if you have had any formal education in us histpry / civics

and 13 - MEH i all the answers looked plausible - but my random guess failed

60. 6 something or other, lol, well you asked, and I admit I am zonked right now, but dang some of those questions got me confused...

Fun test. I got 88%.

Thanks to my 11th grade AP history teacher! He taught me just about everything on it, and I still remember it.

Just took it.

Results
You answered 21 out of 33 correctly — 63.64 %

Guess its not so bad.

I got 87.88%. I'm a little disappointed. I thought I would do better since I have been homeschooling my kids on this stuff, but we haven't gotten into economics yet, and that's what tripped me up.

72.73%.
Oh, well.



[edit on 1-4-2009 by Clearskies]

Nice quiz of history and economics.

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

I know I got lucky on some with an almost guess. The table showing averages for politicians vs. citizens was interesting as well.

Not bad as I'm not American

You answered 19 out of 33 correctly — 57.58 %

reply to post by Tinman67


I got an 81.81 is that good enough for yeah. I missed a few that I thought I got right. But Hey I'm not a genius just your average joe.

Got a 72.73% myself.

Not too bad but I feel that I can do better.

87.88%...been a while since I got a "B" in anything...but I guess that's not too bad...

Then again, I've had some specific education in different political/economic systems, so I guess my retention could be better...

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Average score for this quiz during April: 75.9%
Average score: 75.9%



Answers to Your Missed Questions:

Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person


Not bad. Although I don't agree with 33.

[edit on 4/3/2009 by wookiee]

Yeah, I disagreed with 33 also....and I missed Jefferson's Letters (I actually was going to pick it, but I thought the test was going for the more obvious answers, and I thought I was overthinking it)....

reply to post by wookiee


Q 33 is actually correct - perhaps baddly worded

54.55%. LOL. But I'm Australian so it doesn't count.

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Not bad I guess, above average...

Answers to Your Missed Questions:


Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending

LOL question #30, I guess it depends on what spending is increased, and shows that our government got this question wrong too, since they chose increase taxes and increase spending. :bash:

Well I would assume American ATS members will score above average, but I might be a little biased