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Offline CG6468

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Civic Literacy Exam
« on: January 12, 2012, 10:47:59 AM »
What's yer score? I got 81.82%.

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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2012, 10:59:23 AM »
You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

I changed my answer on two of them at the last minute and got them wrong. :p
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2012, 11:01:06 AM »
72.73 %

I missed a couple that I knew the answer once they showed it to me.  There were a few I just didn't know.
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2012, 11:20:10 AM »
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2012, 11:24:26 AM »
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You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

Incorrect Answers
Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:


Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:

I changed my answer on the second missed question to the wrong one.  :banghead:
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2012, 11:33:37 AM »
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You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

I'll take it
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2012, 11:37:15 AM »
You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %

I missed the philosopher question; and a couple of economic questions.

I'm okay with this.
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #7 on: January 12, 2012, 11:38:02 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 12, 2012, 11:20:10 AM
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %



Nice job, Sparky.  :cheersmate:
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2012, 11:57:10 AM »
You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

Not bad.
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2012, 12:13:15 PM »
Well, thus far I am the Stupidest of the Smartest.   :cheersmate:
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2012, 04:13:06 PM »
Quote from: Maxiest on January 12, 2012, 12:13:15 PM
Well, thus far I am the Stupidest of the Smartest.   :cheersmate:

wanna bet?
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2012, 04:46:07 PM »
30 out of 33. 90.91%.
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2012, 05:01:33 PM »
A test like that would be a start as a requirement to vote.  Hell, it would probably disqualify half of congress from voting.
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2012, 05:57:46 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on January 12, 2012, 05:01:33 PM
A test like that would be a start as a requirement to vote.  Hell, it would probably disqualify half of congress from voting.

Especially if it included any kind of questions about the real limitations of the "Commerce clause".
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2012, 09:03:14 PM »
31 out of 33!   :-) 
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2012, 11:15:32 PM »
26/33
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2012, 10:30:35 AM »
30/33.

Was a little surpised to see Socrates on the quiz, but that's OK. 
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Re: Civic Literacy Exam
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2012, 11:35:38 AM »
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Two that I got wrong, I misread. :banghead:
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