Comments on: Civics Test

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:51:10 +0000

Go pink. I think you did better than Rock.
Sid, you’re painfully unaverage in other ways. Take that how you will.

By: pinakidion

pinakidion — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:39:42 +0000

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.

By: sidfaiwu

sidfaiwu — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:55:22 +0000

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.
Where to from here?
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.