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Full Civic Literacy Exam
Intercollegiate Studies Institute ^

Posted on 06/13/2011 7:32:39 AM PDT by jda

The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the test was 49%; college educators scored 55%.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: civicliteracy
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To: don-o
100.00 %

Your Ranking
Philosopher-King

Just like don-o

What He Said!

61 posted on 06/13/2011 8:42:43 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Be thankful weÂ’re not getting all the government weÂ’re paying for.)
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To: detective

I just took the test...there were 33 questions....I did much better than college educators, but still learned some things....


62 posted on 06/13/2011 8:43:51 AM PDT by goodnesswins (...both islam and the democrat plantation thrive on poverty)
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To: jda

True, but on the other hand, not only indviduals are taxed.


63 posted on 06/13/2011 8:44:36 AM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: jda

This is a test that should be used to qualify VOTERS....that, and property ownership....


64 posted on 06/13/2011 8:46:16 AM PDT by goodnesswins (...both islam and the democrat plantation thrive on poverty)
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To: jda

Missed two, but i think i was correct on the frist one.

Question: What is federalism?
Your Answer: A political system where the national government has ultimate power.
Correct Answer: A political system where state and national governments share power.
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Question: The phrase that in America there should be a “wall of separation” between church and state appears in:
Your Answer: the Constitution
Correct Answer: Thomas Jefferson’s letters..


65 posted on 06/13/2011 8:47:41 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jda

Thank you, I understand.


66 posted on 06/13/2011 8:48:24 AM PDT by Ratman83
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To: detective

There were 33 questions when I clicked the link and took the test as well.


67 posted on 06/13/2011 8:48:28 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: circlecity

There were 33 questions when I took quiz.


68 posted on 06/13/2011 8:51:24 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: jda

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Stupid Plato! LOL


69 posted on 06/13/2011 8:53:50 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (Fix bayonets!)
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To: jda

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %


70 posted on 06/13/2011 8:56:07 AM PDT by ol' hoghead (He is not here; for he is risen.)
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To: Loud Mime

“Don’t see how the others got away with ten questions.”

I think we must have clicked on the full test while others clicked on a shorter version. I got 33 questions, and got all 33 right. Didn’t seem that hard to me. (I got the Puritan question right because I knew which three answers were wrong. Same for a few others.)


71 posted on 06/13/2011 8:57:47 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (Ten years on FreeRepublic and counting.)
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To: antidisestablishment
Ditto!
If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero

Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

That's not correct. In that case the government can bank the income and still borrow. Why would they do that? Borrowing feeds money to favored bankers. Another REALLY questionable one:
Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because:
Your Answer: government pays for its construction, not citizens

Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it

There's plenty of things that a person (why did they use "a resident"?) can benefit from without paying for it that are NOT public goods. For example the good health of my neighbors. MANY others. In actually none of the answers they provided properly describes "public good" as used in this context.

Some dictionaries give definitions that accord to the meaning I chose on their test, but again, that's not a great answer either.

The place to look for the proper answer is in the legal rulings related to Eminent Domain, especially public rights-of-way. Unfortunately the majority in the abysmal Kelo ruling really f'd it up.

Yet the Thomas dissent says

The Framers embodied that principle in the Constitution, allowing the government to take property not for “public necessity,” but instead for “public use.”

72 posted on 06/13/2011 9:01:05 AM PDT by bvw
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To: jpsb

Switzerland is an example of a Federal Republic, if that helps you.


73 posted on 06/13/2011 9:03:32 AM PDT by bvw
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To: bvw

thanks did a little reading, guess I was wrong after all. Oh well.


74 posted on 06/13/2011 9:16:16 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jda
I see now there are two quizzes. The link to the article at the top of this thread goes to a 33 question quiz, while the link to "Test" in Post 1 goes to a 10 question quiz. My earlier comment stands - I'm appalled by the average scores reported (elected politicians scored below 75% on every single question asked!) Here is my score on the longer quiz:


75 posted on 06/13/2011 9:20:40 AM PDT by PhatHead
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To: jda
Results
76 posted on 06/13/2011 9:24:49 AM PDT by pgkdan ( Time for a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: jda

32/33 here.


77 posted on 06/13/2011 9:31:50 AM PDT by TheEditor
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To: jda

bookmark


78 posted on 06/13/2011 9:33:44 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: bvw

Kelo epitomizes the state of our country. I still find it hard to believe that our “conservative” justices passed this abomination.


79 posted on 06/13/2011 9:39:44 AM PDT by antidisestablishment (Our people perish through lack of wisdom, but they are content in their ignorance.)
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To: bvw
Sorry, but your answers really were incorrect - the questions were a bit narrower than the way you seem to be construing them:

If taxes equal government spending, then:

Your Answer: government debt is zero

Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

That's not correct. In that case the government can bank the income and still borrow.

Your explanation at the end ("government can...still borrow") is the reason that your answer above was wrong. The question says nothing about debt, but asks what happens if the government spends no more than what it takes in from taxes. The question and answer are really a basic tautology.

Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because:

Your Answer: government pays for its construction, not citizens

Correct Answer: a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it

There's plenty of things that a person (why did they use "a resident"?) can benefit from without paying for it that are NOT public goods.

Sure there are, but again, that wasn't the question. The question asked only why the two named examples would be considered public goods. Your answer, unfortunately, is the one too many politicians follow, which is that government funding is itself the definition of a public good. It ought to be the other way around - being a public good should be a necessary (though not sufficient) justification for public funding.

80 posted on 06/13/2011 9:44:35 AM PDT by PhatHead
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