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27/33 on the history quiz...82%!
80%. woohoo
31/33 94% I'm pretty awesome.
The sad part was the comparison of Citizens to Elected Officials - the officials scored an average of 4% LOWER. Pathetic.
I'm embarassed, an honest 22/33 - 67%. Some of those were HARD though! deafsound - I bow down.
I also did 31/33 — 93.94%
I missed #7 (I need to read more Lincoln), and #33 (Bah! I claim poorly worded answers).
I'm agree with Juaquin, the truly scary thing is how F-ing clueless elected officials are about our country.
33/33 (Although I admit, there were 2 in there that were complete.. 'i don't know buy I think this is what you're asking' type of moments)
32/33. I'm amazed myself, guess i remembered more from AP US History than i thought.
Also, the 101 freeway won't be 'rerouted' under the park, the park will be built over it. (it's below ground level through that stretch)
I got 27 33 = 81.82 %
Average score for this quiz during November: 77.1%
Average score since November 20, 2008: 77.1%
There were a few of the economics questions that got me, I never thought of economics as civics :-(
I call serious bullshit on this quiz - halfway through the questions switch from simple, unambiguous history to suspiciously douchertarian statements about economics that are absolutely not cut and dry nor proven, for instance:
Orly? Do they? Because this seems to make a number of assumptions that actually don't have anything to do with testing one's civil literacy.
Also, this:
Um... first of all, we need to define terms - do you mean "good" as in something of positive benefit, or "good" as in commodity? Because rly, it's not clear. I guessed based on the douchertarian context what they were getting at.
Then, without warning, the test switches to an assumption that the reader has a working understanding of Keynesian economic theory. While I think people should, I allow that it doesn't necessarily follow that it's required to be considered literate, civically speaking.
Oh, and then there's this bullshit:
Well golly, I guess it depends on who you talk to. because I'm pretty sure a "protectionist" (and how misleading of a term is that) would probably choose D, while a free trader would go with A. I went with B. Because it's true. Unless you think I'm not talking about the USA.
Seriously, this is bullshit.
I got 95% BTW. And it's still bullshit. Doesn't prove a thing about what I know.
I agree Ross.
But I am appalled with the comparison between average citizens and elected officials. Does that mean more of of "average Joes" should run for office?
*Thwack* How did I get the Gettysburg address answer wrong?!?!?!
82% here.
*sigh* 73%
i guess it's a good thing i'm going back to school. apparently i need it.
and ross, i agree. i was expecting actual you know, history questions.
82%
glad i'm not the only person who missed the gettysburg address answer.
90.91%, 30/33 correct.
Sadly, that should be higher, since I'm currently getting a master's degree in history (concentration in American history).
I agree with Ross. Some of those questions were sketchy, poorly worded, or had NO answer I wanted to pick or 2 or 3 answers I wanted to pick.
Oh, the scariest part is that 49% of elected officials who took the quiz couldn't pick the three branches of government. REALLY? On a multiple-choice quiz?
Yeah, this test is the most read on yahoo today. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/od_afp/ushistoryeducationoffbeat;_ylt=AkHiDD3QIqYG8mZ1RdoVIl4DW7oF