The Civic Literacy Exam

[MadBomber]

81.82. Didn't have a clue about several of them so it may have been lower because I guessed.

Naw...probably just 'cause you're from southern Indiana.

 

[jbombelli]

Would you hold my wallet for me while I take the test? There's a thousand dollars in there. Or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?

 

[gunowner930]

29/33 87.88%.

I think INGO's scores are much higher than the national averages for people and so called college professors.

 

[dross]

I missed two - Roe v. Wade - I know the answer, must of clicked the wrong circle in my haste, and I have a quibble with the recession question. Government can't decrease taxes, only tax rates. Taxes have decreased in recessions, but it wasn't through government action, it was through less productivity. Tax rates, if you consider all taxes, have gone up during recessions, but total tax collections have decreased.

I guess maybe I overthought that one.

 

[Gun Bunny]

Sadly I only scored a 81.82 %! Economics is what killed me!

 

[sepe]

29 / 33 - 87.88%

I got the exact same. Not too bad.

 

[sepe]

Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas? WTF?

I missed 4. I suck.

I didn't learn much about them in school. I've done some reading and studying out of my own interests. Some of the truly great minds in that list right there.

 

[Bill of Rights]

93.94%
Gov't most often does what during a recession?
Puritans.

Feh.

Sokay, I'll take an "A" on it, even if it's not 100%.

Blessings,
Bill

 

[edporch]

93.94%


Incorrect Answers

• Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:
• Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?

 

[SSGSAD]

I just took the test, and scored 78.79% ... Not bad, for 2 sem. of college ....

 

[PhilB]

I missed a few but it's been over 40yrs since my last civics and government class. Sure funny that gun owners seem to score so much higher than average.

 

[JBob77]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Still way above their stated average!! Maybe if everyone on INGO ran for elected office.............................................

 

[jbombelli]

Would you hold my wallet for me while I take the test? There's a thousand dollars in there. Or maybe there isn't. Know what I mean?

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas? WTF?

Those first four old guys, yeah they've been around for thousands of years...

But that last guy - you know, the WTF dude... he's EVERYWHERE!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

87.88%

Better than I had anticipated after seeing the averages. Missed Lincoln vs. Douglas; Socrates, Plato, Et Al; Gettysburg Address; and Wall of Separation.

I wonder how our current and recent presidents would score?

 

[.45 Dave]

88% 29/33

 

[.45 Dave]

The truly sad part is that college educators scored so low. Maybe they'd do so much better on a quiz about Socialism and Liberal values. For example:

sample questions:
The most dangerous group in America today is:
a) Right wing extremists
b) Muslim extremists
c) The Occupy Movement
d) Unions

Karl Marx is best known as:
a) the father of socialism
b) the leader of the Tea Party movement
c) a physicist
d) one of the Marx Brothers

The most important crisis facing the world is:
a) Climate change (Global Warming)
b) the effects of the "Arab Spring"
c) Mariah Carey's waistline
d) Who wins on Survivor.

You get the drift. Bet they'd score high on a test like that.

 

[Enforcer831]

29/33 Missed Free Markets, Lincoln V. Douglas, Govt. of, by and for, And International trade. Not bad considering I slept through most of high school and college.

 

[Bmrdude]

93.94%, missed two questions

 

[roisigns]

Results

• answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %