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The World Beyond BetterMost => Anything Goes => Topic started by: louisev on November 20, 2008, 05:56:30 pm
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The Civics Quiz is here:
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx (http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx)
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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
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I got 29/33, or 87.88%
I swear, I got some of these right simply by paying attention to the latest election.
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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
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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!
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You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
That was good.......made me think. Thanks.
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You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %
Average score for this quiz during December: 74.8%
Average score: 74.8%
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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
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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