For all you brainiacs out there

[MadMonkey]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

[Right2Carry]

Results
You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

[jimlongley]

29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

And I had the right answer to two and picked the wrong one after reconsideration, something that as a technical trainer I have told me students not to do, over and over.

The biggest problem each of us has is being human, n'est pas?

Amen

[JJVP]

29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Me too.

[Dragonfighter]

87.88 %

I need to review my economics.

[mjoplin]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %. I need to read the questions more closely :(

[VMI77]

I disagree with the premise of some of the questions, however, what is truly pathetic is that on nearly every question citizens scored higher than elected officials. No wonder the country is in so much trouble with idiot officials like these:

In each of the following areas, for example, officeholders do more poorly than non-officeholders:

Seventy-nine percent of those who have been elected to government office do not know the Bill of Rights expressly prohibits establishing an official religion for the U.S.
Thirty percent do not know that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence.
Twenty-seven percent cannot name even one right or freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment.
Forty-three percent do not know what the Electoral College does. One in five thinks it either “trains those aspiring for higher political office” or “was established to supervise the first televised presidential debates.”
Fifty-four percent do not know the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Thirty-nine percent think that power belongs to the president, and 10% think it belongs to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Only 32% can properly define the free enterprise system, and only 41% can identify business profit as “revenue minus expenses.”

I really don't know which stupidity is worse, but the last demonstration of idiocy helps explain one of the reasons socialism is so popular. So much for the liberal fiction that the people need politicians to tell them what to do because they know better.

[MeMelYup]

We need to start sending tests like this to our legislators and school board members before they are elected. Then vote accordingly.

[jayinsat]

27 out of 33. 82% Not bad

[LikesShinyThings]

"You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %"

Not too shabby, especially considering it has been over three decades since I left the government-funded primary education system. And nowhere in my education did they cover Socrates, Plato, Aristotle AND Aquinas, so I don't feel so bad about missing that one.

[steveincowtown]

"You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %"


I am smarter that a fifth grader ('s teacher).

[gthaustex]

27 out of 33...seems to be a common score here. I wonder if many are missing the same ones..

Still, a much higher score by those on this board so far than the minions out there in general according to the test makers.

[longhorn_92]

Results

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

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.

[VoiceofReason]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

I can't believe college educators scored 55%.

[bdickens]

Maybe one should have to pass a test to run for office.