Thursday, December 11, 2008

Civic Literacy Test

Hey you should take this test. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

When you finish please let me know your score.

The national average is 49% for the average Joe. For college educators it is55%

my score was 66.67% Becky's was 48.48% Stephen's was 81.82%

Tkank you for your time.

6 comments:

RZ said...

First

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

And I still think my questions are correct.

I said #30 D. decreasing both taxes and spending Their answer is a Keynesian answer and is totally absurd.
#33 government debt is zero-Both answers are sort of true, but mine is more true.

Question #30 - C. decreasing taxes and increasing spending That is a Keynesian answer and is totally absurd.
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person

RZ said...

I found this quote to support my position on #30

"Well, years into the Great Depression, FDR's secretary of the treasury, Henry Morgenthau, declared (quoted here verbatim): 'We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work. … We have never made good on our promises. … I say after eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started … and an enormous debt to boot!'

RZ said...

the quote was in this article

http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83254

Becky said...

Stephen, Tommy and I all answered the same as you on #30.

Tommy said...

I agree with you on both 31 and 33.
But i'm not the one who made the test.

Plus don't you find the average score absurdly low.

SenecaJ said...

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

I also missed #30