Civics quiz
POSTED BY: Khyron
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 06:30
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You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %
Average score for this quiz during November: 78.1%
Average score: 78.1%
Hello,
I feel very average. Kudos to those of you who fared better, and a sad face to those of you who would not associate with me because I fell within 5 percentage points of the average score.
Somehow, I still don't feel indoctrinated.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Somehow, I still don't feel indoctrinated.
You must now sit in the corner and wear the "Hat of Shame".
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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Meh, 88%. But a lot of those are bullshit ultracapitalist indoctrination talking points.
Not so much, but whoever cooked (pun intended) this test up worded them in the most loaded way imagineable, that is for sure.
Took me a while to unlace some of the freakin doublespeak in those to where I could comprehend the question in the first place.
-F
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International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Correct answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity
I chose correctly through elimination, but how exactly does this follow? And what's it got to do with "civics"?
Also, what's knowing about Sputnik got to do with much of anything at all??
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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Can't resist a test, if there's nothin' but prestige on the line. Only missed 2: the exact subject of the Lincoln-Douglas debates ( I knew it was about slavery, but not the expansion of .): and the def of what happens when gov't revenue equals expenses. And I made lucky guesses on several. Not bad for a guy who got a B.A. in Fine Arts, and a middle aged liberal.
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Question #34. If you got more than 85% right you are:
1. Lieing
2. Lucky
3. You cheated and Googled for answers
4. You made a street shoutout.
There were too many questions that could only be answered safely, correctly if you were taking a class in the subject or were a history or poli-sci major. Seriously:
4) What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
A. Is slavery morally wrong?
B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
C. Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
D. Are free African Americans citizens of the United States?
D is out because of the phrase "African Americans" is modern, but the first 3 are possible to come up in a debate of the time. Seriously? This is gots to know American Civics?
6) The Bill of Rights explicitly prohibits:
A. prayer in public school
B. discrimination based on race, sex, or religion
C. the ownership of guns by private individuals
D. establishing an official religion for the United States
E. the president from vetoing a line item in a spending bill
D is the answer and you gotta be kidding me if you picked that over B..
There are several others that are wtf? and others that are coin flips. One last one that I would love to hear people discuss in a modern context:
8) In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
A. impeach several Supreme Court justices
B. eliminate the Supreme Court
C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
D. override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress.
I do not know Supreme Court law, but A, B, and C, each one seems as bad and unlikely and unlawful as the other, so I went with D. Turns out C, he " appointed additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views" is correct. Imagine if Bush or Obama were to do that?
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Originally posted by pizmobeach:
Question #34. If you got more than 85% right you are:
1. Lieing
2. Lucky
3. You cheated and Googled for answers
4. You made a street shoutout.
Wrong on that. I opened the thread, saw the link, read the responses, went there, took it, scored 93%, only missed 2 of 33. I know this s**t.
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8) In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
A. impeach several Supreme Court justices
B. eliminate the Supreme Court
C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
D. override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress.
I do not know Supreme Court law, but A, B, and C, each one seems as bad and unlikely and unlawful as the other, so I went with D. Turns out C, he " appointed additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views" is correct. Imagine if Bush or Obama were to do that?
Not sure of yer points here , dude.
The history of the event is that he did do "C". It was called " packing the Supreme Court". ANd as far as " imagine if Bush or Obama were to do that", there was a giant political uproar and he backed down. Exactly what would have happened if Obama or Bush tried it.
According to my memory, the number of Justices on the Supreme Court had not been fixed up to that time. That event settled it- never been more than 9 since.
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balderdash. poppycock. that is all.
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You answered 23 out of 33 correctly — 69.70 %
Answers to Your Missed Questions:
Question #4 - B. Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
Question #7 - D. Gettysburg Address
Question #8 - C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views
Question #10 - C. Religion
Question #11 - A. their arguments helped lead to the adoption of the Bill of Rights
Question #13 - E. certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters
Question #27 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends
Question #31 - A. an increase in a nation’s productivity
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person
Okay okay, never claimed to be an expert on minutia...
"Minuta? Dude, you're an IDIOT, HA ha hah ha"
There. In case I was gonna hear it anyway.
The speedy but inacurate Chrisisall
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An interesting thing occured today,
As I was driving mid-morning I had on a local libertarian talk radio program that referenced this very same quiz. They directed listeners to the same URL and then listed dismal returns of average americans taking the test.
The most commonly missed historical question was #7, with people forgetting Lincoln's famous final words: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"
I had to memorize that speech in grade school in the 80's. Does nobody else do this anymore? I can recite, per the instruction of my 6th grade teacher, the following:
The Gettysburg address
the Preamble to the constitution
The entire Independance Declaration
50 states by shape (including Colorado/Wyoming)
50 state capitals
The meaning of 26 amendments to the constitution (26 at the time, #27 in 1992)
And "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, which isn't a Civics subject but she made us do it. I can still repeat it.
This doesn't include easy stuff like the pledge of Allegiance or the Star Spangled Banner lyrics! And almost 30% of americans can't even do that! But they can march around with others lately chanting "Yes We Can!". Oh you can? Can you?
They're full of Go-See.
Do not fear me. Our's is a peaceful race and we must live in harmony.
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