American Civics Test

[yakers]

An interesting online test:
Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Educating for Liberty


I expect the highly literate folks here will do very well.


You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please emailamericancivicliteracy@isi.org.

 

[Mulligan]

Amused myself and took it. Got 29 out of 33. Need to brush up on my Lincoln debates, Socrates, and famous phrases. It amazes me that 50% correct was the norm. It didnt seem that hard.

 

[RockMonkey]

30 out of 33. Missed "wall of separation", Lincoln-Douglas, And by-for-of.

 

[braumeister]

Only 31 correct. I'm embarrassed.

 

[Gumby]

Very interesting. 33 of 33 for me.

 

[Nodak]

29 of 33 had a hard time with the last 4 questions.

 

[martyb]

29 of 33

 

[Alan]

27 out of 33.

 

[Gumby]

27 out of 33.

Brilliant! You are entitled to some leeway in these matters.

 

[ratto]

Same here, 27 of 33.

 

[Free To Canoe]

28 of 33
Civics must be a mix of different things. There were philosophical and economic questions in there.

 

[M Paquette]

OK. 100%

What I found very interesting are the tables after the quiz. Elected officials performed significantly worse than the average citizen. Maybe they really do believe all the c**p that they say?

 

[aaronc879]

You answered 19 out of 33 correctly — 57.58 %

 

[REWahoo]

Very interesting. 33 of 33 for me.

OK. 100%

Showoffs.

I think anyone getting in the upper 20's should be commended. Most of us do not have much exposure to this information once we get beyond our school years. A perfect score is remarkable.

29 here.

 

[dessert]

That was very interesting. I scored 72.7% which is at least above average. When I read the answers to the ones I missed I felt like this...

 

[HFWR]

28 of 33
Civics must be a mix of different things. There were philosophical and economic questions in there.

In one sense I agree, but I think those questions pertain to our founding principles, I.e what we believe, and why we believe it. And citizenship requires some belief in and adherence to those principles.

31/33

 

[Katsmeow]

30/33.

 

[JmfromTx]

I really sucked. I got 23 right and I thought I did well until I saw the score. Maybe I should have stuck it out and got a high school diploma.

 

[urn2bfree]

33 out of 33 - Boo-yah!

 

[Bestwifeever]

Dang you guys are smart!

Did anyone else think some of the questions were worded like a push poll?

 

[Gumby]

Did anyone else think some of the questions were worded like a push poll?

Yes they were.

 

[REWahoo]

Yes they were.

+1

 

[traineeinvestor]

27/33 - not great but acceptable for someone who is not from the US

 

[Alan]

Brilliant! You are entitled to some leeway in these matters.

Thanks, I don't suppose I would do any better on a UK civics test.

 

[jclarksnakes]

The link has been going around in emails for awhile. We had already taken the test. I got 30 of 33. DW has taught HS American Government in the recent past. She got 31 of 33 and said the two questions she missed were wrong. She found good (at least it looked good to me) documentation to support her arguements. Whenever I get anything like this in an email I question the accuracy of the editorializing and the motives of whomever started the email. The test seemed pretty easy to me (40+ years since I sat in a Civics class). I have a hard time believing that college professors did so poorly on the test. What I can believe is that a whole bunch of people have flunked out of college and do not like college professors.