ISI Civics Quiz (I bet Freepers score higher than the national average)

www.americancivicliteracy.org ^ | 2008 | Intercollegiate Studies Institute

[rockprof]

Same here - 30/33.

[rockprof]

Same here - 30/33.

[MathDoc]

"You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %"

I got irritated reading several of the questions because I knew that most Democrats in office either didn't know the correct answer or didn't care. It's a good quiz and covered a broad range of civics topics. I wish more voters actually knew most of the answers and cared whether their political representatives knew the correct answers and followed those answers.

[fortunate sun]

I got two wrong as well. One of which irritates me because I misunderstood the listed answers. Roosevelt/Supreme Court issue, I knew he wanted to change the make-up of the court but I overlooked one word in the answer.
Still can’t complain.

[Explodo]

85%...

[M203M4]

33/33.

Had to “lie” on the last one. Very poorly worded, had to sort of guess what they meant.

[knittnmom]

I no longer find people missing half the questions is hard to believe.

After the election, it's truly surprising that people getting half the questions RIGHT is harder to believe.

[bvw]

Right -- there are some number of questions and answer sets that freepers could contest, easily. But a LOT fewer than one would expect for such tests, imo. I got the question about the Pilgrims wrong, and I would have argued for my answer, but I except that highly-intelligent and well-learned freepers will get some number of questions wrong -- just for the reason that many freepers know as much and MORE then your average civics professor.

I'm more surprised that some of us got them all right, but still, that's in the probabilistic ballpark. That is to say that the "perfect" score, perfect by way of being the measure of highest knowledge, is not 100% but something in the high 80's to mid-90's. Because, again, the test maker is expected to be less wise than the most wise.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

The same here.

[bvw]

except vs accept.

[Fresh Wind]

“Per person” implies the numbers are averaged. Yes, it’s a little vague, but the answer is clearly D since the others are all much more obviously wrong.

[rjsimmon]

Ditto, missed 2.

[LonePalm]

I got 33 out of 33 correct.

I guess I paid attention in class at a time when the public schools actually taught civics.

Damn, I'm getting old.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[reg45]

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

I did have to read some of them twice.

[libsrscum]

87.88%

I am humbled to be in the presence of such intellectual Americans. On the other hand, most college professors should be humbled to be in my presence!

Good job, people! This is why I learn so much here...

[Jonah Hex]

I scored 93.9% (missed two questions).

[JRios1968]

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

[reg45]

I could have not have done as well (100%) when I was in school, since some of the events had not happened yet.

[ExSoldier]

I got 93% as well. Missed two questions.

[kbennkc]

” The switch in time to save the nine “.