Civics Quiz - Find Out Your Literacy!

[louisev]

 
The Civics Quiz is here:

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

[Ellemeno]

Wow, I only got a 69.70%.  Here are the answers to the ones I missed.  Scroll over to see them after taking your own:

Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #9 - A. Make treaties
Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters
Question #28 - C. requires those with higher incomes to pay a higher ratio of taxes to income
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity

[southendmd]

I got 29/33, or 87.88%

I swear, I got some of these right simply by paying attention to the latest election.

[Penthesilea]

66% correct. Scroll over to see the answers I missed.




Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #6 - D. establishing an official religion for the United States
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #9 - A. Make treaties
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters
Question #22 - A. Congress
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity

[Mandy21]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %


That was a nice little refresher course.  I was quite impressed with myself for remembering as many as I did, considering Civics was a quarter-century ago for me.  Thanks Louise!

[twtplanner]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

That was good.......made me think.  Thanks.

[delalluvia]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Average score for this quiz during December: 74.8%
Average score: 74.8%

[Lynne]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

I guessed at almost all of the economics questions...didn't understand it in school, don't understand it much better now.   

Scroll over to see missed questions: (good idea, Chrissi!)

Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

[ZK]

Hey I got 48.48% not bad for a kiwi down under eh!

  I am thankful theres no test on treaty document "The Treaty of Waitangi" cause I am sure I would score even worse

You answered 16 out of 33 correctly — 48.48 %

Average score for this quiz during March: 73.5%
Average score: 73.5%

Answers to Your Missed Questions:

Question #1 - E. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Question #2 - C. the New Deal
Question #3 - A. executive, legislative, judicial
Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #6 - D. establishing an official religion for the United States
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #9 - A. Make treaties
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question #12 - B. the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #19 - B. teaching evolution in the schools
Question #22 - A. Congress
Question #28 - C. requires those with higher incomes to pay a higher ratio of taxes to income
Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending
Question #32 - C. buying or selling government securities