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A Simple Civics Quiz

Submitted by Nancy P, Oct 11, 2007 17:28

Looking at my test score, it is easy to tell when my four kids were seven years old and younger.


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Looking at my test score, it is easy to tell when my four kids were seven years old and younger.

Nancy P 

Oct 11, 2007 17:28

Seems like everyone that wrote a comment got an 80 or above. But I wonder what percentage cheated and what... [MORE]

frank rizzo 

Sep 29, 2007 22:44

I didn't graduate college. I went to a community college in jersey. I have 48 credits, and that is all... [MORE]

Craig Cannon 

Sep 26, 2007 17:18

Got an 85%, 90% if you throw out the last 10 on economics. Billy [MORE]

Billy Yank 

Sep 26, 2007 13:15

highschool dopout scores 51/60! 85%! was all that edumoocation worth the money? ignorance is strength! freedom is slavery!! give me... [MORE]

bubba 

Sep 26, 2007 12:36

I did the first 25 and got 22 of them right, and I learned most of what I know AFTER... [MORE]

anne Johnson 

Sep 21, 2007 12:12

College grads are studying to get jobs. It will take a new generation to study politics and war again. We... [MORE]

sandman 

Sep 20, 2007 22:18

Hm! Well, I scored an 80 (missed 12 questions). I was never a big fan of the Depression era, and... [MORE]

Chantal Gaudiano 

Sep 20, 2007 16:54

I only missed 11 questions, not too bad for a 72 year old lady. Maybe we got a better education... [MORE]

Carol Murray 

Sep 28, 2007 15:59

I went to two top Ivy League schools. But this test doesn't measure things that liberal-arts colleges are designed to... [MORE]

Standing Eagle 

Sep 20, 2007 09:38

I am happy enough with my 55, but I want to be fair to the college students who took the... [MORE]

Paul Kunkel 

Sep 20, 2007 02:04

The Constitution established a REPUBLICAN form of government. Article IV Section 4 states "The United States shall guarantee to every... [MORE]

Joe S. 

Sep 19, 2007 20:37

Athens Greece circa 500 BC was the only "true" democracy established on the Earth. And, that only counts if you... [MORE]

Chris Fostel 

Sep 20, 2007 14:02

I graduated in 1991 from the University of Nebaska-Omaha, an inner city commuter school while working full time on the... [MORE]

Shag 

Sep 19, 2007 18:03

I'm a high school senior...one year of AP American History and I got a 45/60 without taking Government (I just... [MORE]

DB 

Sep 19, 2007 16:57

They must have asked the engineers, or others, but certainly not the Arts&Sciences grads- 58 out of 60 (missed 8... [MORE]

Ezra 

Sep 19, 2007 14:23

I think that the survey givers are missing the point. Is it more important to know when the Declaration of... [MORE]

Joseph 

Oct 29, 2007 22:15

i got the same score and i went to suny, seems something is good in ny [MORE]

ken 

Sep 19, 2007 12:35

What are the results of those that took the quiz? I scored 45 correct out of 60 for 75%. I... [MORE]

Sal Zuccaro 

Sep 19, 2007 12:05

I got 55 out of the 60 questions correct. Not bad for a guy who graduated from the State University... [MORE]

Bill Dienstag 

Sep 19, 2007 05:55

I got 58 out of 60 questions correct. Not bad for a guy who graduated from MIT,which is just down... [MORE]

S. W. Wilson 

Sep 19, 2007 11:19

52/60 is 86.7%. I bet I'd have scored higher before attending college. But I'd probably have scored higher if I'd just... [MORE]

John Buckholz 

Sep 19, 2007 16:14

I got 57 out of 60. Many of the questions can be answered by process of elimination. Some of the... [MORE]

Jason Pappas 

Sep 20, 2007 06:37

I can't top MIT's score, but got 57 out of 60. BA Economics 1967 UNC-CH. Obviously those who scored low... [MORE]

Richard Rider 

Sep 20, 2007 10:55

Wow, got them all right. Maybe I should change jobs to become a teacher. OH, wait, I am a teacher.... [MORE]

Pat 

Sep 28, 2007 12:22

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