Interesting quiz, and fairly tough - this is is the one that has been talked about in the news recently as reflecting a general decline in Americans’ civic literacy. I think it’s a pretty good touchstone, although a certain amount of bias is evident in some of the economics questions (that doesn’t necessarily mean I *disagree* with their bias, just noting that it is present).
I scored 80% - how did you do?
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April 13, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I got an 81.67%. Hey, I’m smarter than a Harvard senior!
April 14, 2008 at 6:12 am
Well done!
smarter than a Harvard senior
We took some comfort in that as well…
April 14, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hey, I got 90%! Bow down before my boundless wisdom!
April 15, 2008 at 6:00 am
Truly, thou art da man!
April 16, 2008 at 8:05 pm
93%. I’m ticked off at myself. I got the Monroe doctrine question wrong through sheer carelessness.
The economics questions were hard–I’ve never studied it, except for listening to “Marketplace” on public radio while I shower.
April 16, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Damn, girl! And I thought I was doing pretty well… I’m useless at economic theory, though.
May 9, 2008 at 4:08 pm
You answered 52 out of 60 correctly — 86.67 %
Average score for this quiz during May: 64.7%
Average score since September 18, 2007: 64.7%
I had to guess about the Monroe Doctrine, because I didn’t see “Diamonds are a girls best friend!”
David
May 9, 2008 at 8:26 pm
well done!
May 14, 2008 at 2:55 pm
75% — So Indiana University South Bend beats Harvard!
It’s been awhile since I’ve used any of that kind of knowledge (I’m 50). I know repetition is key to holding on to information, but am still generally pleased that I got a C!
May 14, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I got a 95% — but then I used to teach this stuff, lol. I agree on the econ questions. I have only had one econ class back in the dark ages so I missed a couple of those. Otherwise, tons of fun
May 14, 2008 at 9:11 pm
FB,
Good enough…
Kestrel,
Is that you, girl? Welcome to my little corner of the weird!