Civics Test - digg this
College Seniors Failed a Basic Test on America’s History and Institutions. College seniors know astoundingly little about America’s history, political thought, market economy and international relations.The overall average score for the approximately 7,000 seniors who took the American civic literacy exam was 54.2%, an “F.” That is consistent with the overall average of 53.2% posted by seniors last year. Not one college surveyed can boast that its seniors scored, on average, even a “C” in American civic knowledge.
Harvard seniors scored highest, but their overall average was 69.6%, a “D+.” That is almost identical to the 69.7% earned by Harvard seniors last year. Yale and Princeton seniors averaged only 65.9% and 61.9%, respectively. At 18 colleges, the average senior scored less than 50%.
The average senior failed all four subjects, scoring less than 60% in each.
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You answered 42 out of 60 correctly — 70.00 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.6%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.6%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.
Question #9 - B. was a stalemate.
Question #11 - C. 1851-1875
Question #13 - B. the nature and control of Reconstruction.
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #23 - B. Marbury v. Madison.
Question #24 - D. A political system where state and national governments share power.
Question #26 - D. John Locke.
Question #31 - A. Edmund Burke argued that society consists of a union of past, present, and future generations.
Question #33 - C. To receive ambassadors.
Question #34 - B. President Washington's Farewell Address.
Question #35 - A. discouraged new colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Question #44 - B. gave President Johnson the authority to expand the scope of the Vietnam War.
Question #50 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #55 - E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Question #59 - C. requires those with higher incomes to pay a higher ratio of taxes to income.
Question #60 - B. social security.
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You answered 43 out of 60 correctly — 71.67 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.
If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.
You can consult the following table to see how freshmen and seniors scored on each question as part of the survey administration.
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Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #1 - D. 1601-1700
Question #10 - E. slavery and its expansion.
Question #11 - C. 1851-1875
Question #13 - B. the nature and control of Reconstruction.
Question #14 - C. 1901-1925
Question #21 - A. support ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
Question #23 - B. Marbury v. Madison.
Question #33 - C. To receive ambassadors.
Question #35 - A. discouraged new colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #40 - B. 1945 to promote “international organization.”
Question #42 - A. He imposed a naval blockade on Cuba.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #55 - E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class.
Question #57 - A. Theaters will sell fewer tickets.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Question #60 - B. social security.
Painfully average. At least I beat Scott by 1! There are a couple I can't believe I missed. Oh well.
You answered 50 out of 60 correctly — 83.33 %
Average score for this quiz during September: 74.4%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 74.4%
You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.
If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.
You can consult the following table to see how freshmen and seniors scored on each question as part of the survey administration.
Where to from here?
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #19 - C. philosopher kings.
Question #24 - D. A political system where state and national governments share power.
Question #35 - A. discouraged new colonies in the Western hemisphere.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #39 - D. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
Question #49 - B. individual citizens create, exchange, and control goods and resources.
Question #53 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it.
Question #54 - D. can be reversed by government spending more than it taxes.
Question #55 - E. increased for the lower and middle classes and increased most for the upper class.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Go pink. I think you did better than Rock.
Sid, you're painfully unaverage in other ways. Take that how you will. ;-)