Know Your Government Test

Intercollegiate Studies Institute ^ | N/A | N/A

[engrpat]

This test is not an easy one. It is a test of your civics knowledge. It is one of the better ones that I have seen. The website reports that college professors average about 55%. I find that odd. See the chart following the quiz that shows how our elected officials did.

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I will fess up to a 93.94% score missing 2 out of the 33. This test is by the same group that did one in '08, '09 and '10. Enjoy.

[GSWarrior]

We are the only ones willing to 'fess up.

I got 25 out of 33 on the full quiz.

[cizinec]

32/33. I missed the same one. When I re-read the question I thought, “stupid stupid stupid!”

You can have $10 trillion in debt in year 0 and spend what you get in year 1 and you start year 2 with . . . $10 trillion of debt plus a ton of interest.

[Indy Pendance]

10 out of 10. I thought this was 33 questions?

[VermiciousKnid]

9/10 for me...the Marbury decision was the one I got wrong.

Regards,

[PA Engineer]

Yes, I do too. I am a college professor, and had little difficulty scoring 9/10, must admit, I did miss the question about Marbury vs. Madison as the basis of judicial review, but I’m a writing professor, not a historian.

The only reason I got Marbury v. Madison correct was because of the Florida recount. Marbury v. Madison was the basis for the US Supreme Court review in the case. Knew of the Marbury decision earlier from junior high civics, but I had to rush to the search engine during that election for review.

[airedale]

The full 33 question test is here: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692

I got 32 of 33 on this one. It’s tougher than the 10 question test but not by much.

[airedale]

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 for 33 question test

[Uncle Ike]

” You can have $10 trillion in debt in year 0 “

I didn’t see that postulated in the question....

[Indy Pendance]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

[PA Engineer]

OK. That’s better. I got 31 out of 33, but I could swear I clicked “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” and not “Life, liberty and property.” I wuz robbed!

I missed that one the last time I took the test. The reason was "Life, liberty and property” were argued for instead of the other. This was to protect private property by some of the founding fathers. Private property was seen as the keystone of individual freedoms.

I think there is a collective unconscious that forces peoples fingers to that answer because it actually is correct. YMHO.

[Maceman]

You [meaning ME] answered 10 out of 10 correctly — 100.00 %
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Philosopher-King
Philosopher-King

In ancient Greece, this was Plato’s ideal ruler in The Republic; combines both wisdom and power.

[aruanan]

Crap, I missed Marbury v Madison.

[VermiciousKnid]

I got 31/33 as well. Missed the Philosophy question (doubted myself on the answer), and like you, I coulda SWORN I clicked on “decrease taxes and increase spending.”

Looks like we was both robbed! LOL

Regards,

[Buckeye McFrog]

I scored 100%. Most of which I learned from my 8th and 9th grade social studies teachers, both of whom were staunch Conservatives.

[VermiciousKnid]

I agree with you -— I think it should be “zero debt” as well. Got that one wrong.

Regards,

[VermiciousKnid]

Ooops! That should be 30/33!

Regards,

[Maceman]

The full 33 question test is here: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692 I got 32 of 33 on this one. It’s tougher than the 10 question test but not by much.

I also got 32 out of 33.

[jcsjcm]

Yay, that’s really good.

shhhhhh..... I only got 22 correct! Don’t tell anyone. :)

[Adder]

Thank you...found it.

See post 49,,,

[r-q-tek86]

I think the ‘zero debt’ answer is equally, if not more, true as the ‘correct’ answer....

It's the difference between "deficit" and "debt" that trips you up. The wouldn't be a deficit in that scenario, but the debt would remain unchanged.