Fantastic Test: Civic Literacy Exam - Fun Too!!!
 

Put your thinking caps on:

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3...3-072BB31E2692

Quick shot at it got me 27/33

Remember that I'm not American, and most of the ones I got wrong had to do with wordings of historical documents :)

28/33. I botched the Socrates, Plato, Aristotle question for one. :dead:

missed the same amount though not so bad considering how late it is.
did you see the link that shows how elected officials did per answer? pretty sad.You'll have to take it again to see that table
it seems it will be below your score.

never mind wont show your score I got 27/33 that Socrates one threw me as well and I missed the one about Roosevelt
and the Supreme Court and the one about the flood gates was sort of tricky I missed that one. I was gong to post my score but it wont show it in a link.

Oh come on now CCIP at least two or three of those questions would be easy for you the one about sputnik, the Cuban missile Crisis and WWII there are a few giveaways on there most any person who is a subsim regular would know seeing we are all history buffs around here or most of us are.
though according to the chart many elected officials missed those:har:

30/33 i chose the ellectorial college one as the ppl who make up congress by accident.
And i failed on

What was the source of the following phrase: ---8220;Government of the people, by the people, for the people---8221;?
Your Answer: U.S. Constitution
Correct Answer: Gettysburg Address

Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
Your Answer: it was legal in most states in the 1960s Correct Answer: the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade

So not too bad i reckon. Needless to say im full of trivial information

19/33
:shifty:

2% better than college educators. that makes me feel better.

29/33 I have no idea how I missed the "Government of the people"
The one about taxes equaling expenses I miss read deficit not debt in the answer. Plato got me on another. That one is not really a civics question.

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Good I don't have to bother. :D

:damn:
Dammit, i post a link and look what happens!
Sorry guys. Advice: keep trying?! :oops:

@STEED:
how convenient, however, i've booked you in for a test once link is live again! Don't disappoint me. :yeah:

Looks like we crashed it:D subsim power!

10am Sunday and my mug of coffee. :DL

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Power to the Subsimmers!

Strange that this civics test site is down on (cue ominous music) 21 May 2011

:hmmm::stare::o:dead:

It finally worked.

I got 100% I did not think I would get the Plato question (I agree what does that have to do with civics. I guessed correctly to be honest.

I also thought the last question was worded awkwardly.

The Plato question was the easiest one for me, but that's mostly because all I've been doing for the last few weeks is studying for my PhD exam where knowledge of Plato, Aristotle etc. will be one of the first things I'll be tested on :DL

Yeah I thought the last one was tricky(or second from last); the one about the dam or something and then says national defense in (). and still you are paying for anything that government does with taxes and people often complain about what there taxes pay for.

I think it should be timed as well to keep someone from simply opening another web page and cheating.

I'd say if you get 80% or higher fair and square then you did pretty good.

It finally worked for me too.


My failings were mostly the economic ones.

Wow seems to be the average 27 or 28 correct.I should have thought to write down all the ones I missed it would interesting if most of us are missing the same ones.I bet that we are.

29 out of 33, 87.88%

Missed three of the economic ones, plus the one about FDR and the Supreme Court in 1935/36.