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Subject: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: danootaandme on 04/19/08 at 6:07 pm
www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
This is a civics test that was given to college students to test civic literacy. Here the top scores. I got an 80 8)
1. Harvard University 69.56%
2. Grove City College (PA) 67.26
3. Washington & Lee University (VA) 66.98
4. Yale University 65.85
5. Brown University 65.64
6. University of Virginia 65.28
7. Wheaton College (IL) 64.98
8. University of Pennsylvania 63.49
9. Duke University 63.41
10. Bowdoin College (ME) 62.86
11. Princeton University 61.90
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: McDonald on 04/19/08 at 7:26 pm
My score: You answered 50 out of 60 correctly — 83.33 %
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: Red Ant on 04/19/08 at 8:17 pm
63.33% :P
Ant
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: Rice_Cube on 04/19/08 at 9:30 pm
6 was kinda tricky, I think originally it was supposed to be "life, liberty, and property" but then Jefferson had to change it because somebody complained...I suppose that is Wiki-able.
70%! Me > Harvard.
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: Tanya1976 on 04/19/08 at 10:19 pm
I failed with 58.33, but who gives a crap? I'm working on my Ph.D now and it hasn't hurt me at all, hahahahaha.
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: karen on 04/21/08 at 9:23 am
You answered 36 out of 60 correctly — 60.00 %
Not bad for a non-native!
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: Dagwood on 04/21/08 at 10:43 am
You answered 33 out of 60 correctly — 55.00 %
And I love history. I need to get my butt back to school I guess
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: Davester on 04/21/08 at 11:40 am
You answered 41 out of 60 correctly — 68.33 %...
Most were pretty tricky...
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: EthanM on 04/21/08 at 2:22 pm
I got 49 out of 60, but I was a history major in college a few years ago. The economics part gave me a bit of trouble with 4 wrong answers in the final ten.
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 04/21/08 at 8:24 pm
Well, I didn't do as well as you, Ethan,90%, I missed six, and they're doozies!
Question #18 - D. The Declaration of Independence.
Question #33 - C. To receive ambassadors.
Question #36 - D. The authority of a legitimate sovereign.
Question #50 - A. the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends.
Question #54 - D. can be reversed by government spending more than it taxes.
Question #58 - B. An increase in the volume of commercial bank loans.
Now about 1/3 way through I caught on that we were dealing with a toootally right-wing biased test, so a few other answers I gave were right by the test but wrong by life.
::)
Subject: Re: American Civics 101-A Test
Written By: EthanM on 04/21/08 at 9:42 pm
You did better than me - I got seven wrong before the final ten. I'm pretty sure I got 18 and 36 wrong, and I've had to restart my browser between now and then so I don't know about the others.