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• 30/33, not bad. i missed the lincoln v. debates and a couple of other philosophical questions : EvilDolemite
• 93.94 Questions got a bit weird about halfway through. : TShandy
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  75%. Everything I got wrong seems like it would have been covered in all those US history classes I misse... : Juno
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    60.61%, Ottawa born and raised! : Dravenport
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      45.45%. You must of went to a better school then I did. : Zoopy_Iscariot
      • AY Jackson baby! : Dravenport
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  88% :\ : c0bra
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    I missed the one about FDR appointing justices who would support the New Deal. I figured go big or go hom... : c0bra
    • Whadda ya know, I got 29 and 33 wrong for the same reason. : TShandy
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      I looked at #33 funny, yeah. It was like they forgot it was a civics quiz and put in a math word problem... : Johnny Law
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        I think the answer is pretty clear. None of the question besides the correct one can be inferred from th : deject
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          I think it was "per person" that threw me, I read it as claiming that if you put $5 in, the government wo... : TShandy
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            That's just failing to read the question properly then. :P It's obviously referring to per capita taxes... : deject
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              Also, like I said before, the question never mentions time periods or previous tax/spending balances. : deject
              • I read your post, which is why I included "always" in mine. : TShandy
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              Not obvious to 66% of this subthread. : TShandy
              • obvious to those who get it then. : deject
    • I don't think they're ambiguous. If they seem so then you don't have a good understanding of what the "p... : deject
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  I got 60.61% without Googling. Also Canadian. : redfive
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    I am clearly the superior Canadian : Juno
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      Irony, thy name is Juno. : c0bra
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        we need a Canadian version to settle this : Dravenport
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          http://www.squidoo.com/canadian-citizenship-quiz ? : edgewise
          • Ugh this is painful to navigate. : c0bra
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  I got everyone of them wrong and I googled! : soggybagel
  • gb2mexico : redfive
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  Wow, I got through 16 of them - that thing is long. : ra1n
  • I only got through 9 : Ride-My-Rocket
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  This test is biased and a few (a small few) of the questions are based upon personal biases on issues. 8... : akirabob
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    such as? : EvilDolemite
    • 34. Was Franklin Delano Roosevelt a dick? : c0bra
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      http://www.isi.org/homepage.aspx , 27 in particular. : TShandy
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        seems accurate: http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw1.html And notice that it said "central pl... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          It's not inaccurate, just slanted. I could tell from reading the questions that there was some sort of a... : TShandy
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            what does it mean to be accurate but slanted? : DonkeyPopsicle
            • To present correct information in a way that belies a motive ulterior to simply presenting said informati... : c0bra
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              It's a little informative what questions they chose to include. :-) Not terribly surprised since I was s... : Johnny Law
              • yeah, I can see that. Selection of questions rather than the accuracy of the questions themselves. : DonkeyPopsicle
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          I don't think the fact that the Soviets fucked up so hard is a good enough reason to say Central Planning... : deject
          • Capitalism is the economic form of delegation. : sammyl
          • Central planning cannot be as good as the market system for a few simple reasons. 1. No central party ... : EruditeCaveman
        • There are definitely strong correlations between types of observed markets and prosperity, but the questi... : jim bone
      • I also felt the internation trade question fell into this category too they did couch it a bit though : johnlocks
  • Such as what government should do during a recession, for one. The "correct" answer there is wrong. My... : EruditeCaveman
• 78%. Whatever, I do what I want. : Deathlove
• 78.79% by way of Europe. : Stage
• i got an 84%. my ap us history teacher would not be pleased. then again, our final exam for that class ... : electroly
• 27/33 : edgewise
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  32/33; missed the Gettysburg Address one. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Same here. Shit, I should know that. : deject
  • Same here. Damn. : magistersmax
• 75.76% for me got 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 27 and 30 wrong : Nitrium
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  78% I did really well on the first half and then the second half became less about civics and more abo... : action wombmate
  • that's a good point, the domain is "civic literacy" : c0bra
• 72% : giant boy detective
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  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that: Interesting question, but I'm having a hard... : one random winner
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    All four of them had a large impact on western civilization and thus western civics and American civics i... : c0bra
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      Yeah, but it's rather indirect, as are about 1/2 of the questions on this quiz. : one random winner
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        The basis of our civic values is just as important as the values themselves I would say. : deject
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          Agreed, but I don't believe they belong in this type of quiz, this one belongs in a philosophy or history... : one random winner
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            No it has a lot to do with the debate about how one can be moral without religious guidance. Which was a... : twifosp
            • Civics is the study of rights and duties of citizenship. In other words, it is the study of government wi : one random winner
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      Of course, they were also wrong :| : woddemandred
      • blarg blarg bliggity blaggle : c0bra
  • It's indirectly related to ideas that became a main part of the Enlightenment, but we really don't learn ... : action wombmate
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    a lot of early classical greek philosophy made its way into early american government : EvilDolemite
    • the revolution and constitution is more Locke than anything. It certainly doesn't remotely resemble Plat... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    If you don't get why, then you have to leave the country. : soggybagel
    • I was just waiting for a reason anyways, Acapulco is nice this time of year. : one random winner
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  25/33 - 75.6%. This is a pretty legit quiz and I feel dumb for scoring so low. : Yanks
  • I guess in my defense I haven't taken a history class since 2003, lol unused knowledge : Yanks
• 100%. And it's a good thing, too, since I supposedly majored in political science (though my concentratio... : theangrywaffles
• 32/33, i blew #11 : dirge23
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  It's amusing that you are proud you got 100% on a civic literacy quiz and then say, "right to vote." I ... : TickHeadDog
  • please excuse my little joke : Johnny Law
  • hurrr : dirge23
  • SO AMUSING WE ARE AMUSED : Ebu
• 30/33. I feel like an idiot. : thecatinthehat
• You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 % : basketofkittens
• 75% I'm from Europe. : Tchest
• 31/33 :( : Danny5225
• 31/33, both misses on questions I was uncertain of. : Zero|DPX
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  Missed five. The free market one because I skimmed over the correct answer :(. Then 7, 13, 14 and 24 (no ... : StolenNosferatu
  • The correct answer to that one is "The Banana Splits" : c0bra
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  Swedish, and: 32/33, missed the "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" question. : woddemandred
  • Congratulations, you have been americanised! : Viprime
• 30/33 : yakz
• I wrote in "we need to take back the civil rights act!!" in each one : Downforce
• i got 84%...but where's the math part? i'll fucking rock that part : vassili_zaitsev
• 32/33 I missed the Gettysburg one. : twifosp
• holyshit, i scored 200 percent. I'm smarter than all of you. : burning eye
• 13%. I am the best. : omnova
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  WTF does the declaration have to do with civics? It's basically a long, epic "Fuck you" to the King of En... : locater16
  • Well, we fought a war over it. : yakz
  • You, my friend, failed. : ejectorpod
• Missed two or three I shouldn't have; and another two I wasn't sure about. Disappointed in myself :D : the if