100%
I have to admit some of the questions were poorly worded. Over the years, I’ve trained myself to give the answers I think they want instead of the answers I think are best.
100%. I agree that many questions were poorly worded, including 33. But, like bibliophage, I suppose I’ve learnt how to take tests
Yeah, I did that too. It was the only one I got wrong.
100% but I’m pleased by the average score for dopers. There were quite a few esoteric questions on the quiz.
I got 70%, not bad considering I’m not American!
I just like seeing how the average score for December is considerably higher than the overall average.
I think we had something to do with that.
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
I feel stupid for not getting them all.
31 of 33. Missed 29 and 33.
You answered 24 out of 33 correctly — 72.73 %
Pretty embarrassing for a Magna Cum Laude graduate. But then, I have a Computer Science degree, not a Political-Science degree. Come to think of it, I don’t remember having to take any civics or US History in college, just general History 101 which was my only ‘C’.
Anyone else not have to take this stuff in college, or am I just forgetting it?
I don’t think I took any History courses. History was part of a distribution requirement I think I met through Econ courses instead.
Computer engineer undergrad degree here.
And computer science masters degree.
So no requirement for poli-sci or history in either case. I did take a post Civil War history course and a macroeconomics course as an undergrad, though.
I’ve just been reading the newspaper pretty much everyday for a while now. It keeps me up on both current events, politics, and how the events of the day fit into the historical framework.
90.91%, I was expecting a bit lower.
93.94% Missed the Roe v Wade question, and the first ammendment one :smack:
30/33 or 90.91%. I missed questions 7, 13, and 14.
There’s a way to get news outside of the Dope and the Net in general?? :dubious: Hmm, I’ll have to look into this new-fangled “newspaper” you speak of…
I did exactly the same 31/33 missing 11 and 33.
Look up “Court Packing Plan”. That’s the biggey.
Yeah? Well in a week, I’ll have a PoliSci degree. I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. I usually wipe the floor with civics tests. I missed:
Question #14 - B. stressed the sinfulness of all humanity - thought they were antiwar too.
Question #15 - E. Thomas Jefferson’s letters - Knew it wasn’t one of the big dogs, so I chose Mayflower Compact. I’ve never studied it or Jefferson.
Question #29 - B. a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it - What?! That’s not a public good by definition! It’s public if the gov’t builds it with tax money. If my neighbor writes a check to the Boy Scouts of America and they clean our park, that’s not a public good, though I didn’t directly pay for it. They’re wrong, I’m right.
Question #33 - D. tax per person equals government spending per person - Ok, I read it too quickly and picked A before reading my choices. This one is obvious now.
Not once have I ever taken a civics class. Never. Schools tend to go from 1600s to the Civil War (but never make it) and then from the Civil War to the present day (but never make it). Thus, most of us young adults that went to public school have a gap of knowledge around reconstruction and past the 40s. While there was a time when I knew the progress of the Revolutionary War at any given date, I’ve never known anything about WWII’s actual fighting. I still haven’t been taught exactly what got Japan all riled up.
Sounds good until you learn that I’m only the third smartest Canadian here. Some questions required shrewd guessing as opposed to knowledge. That’s how I got through school.
By the way, anyone who scores less than 31 is a halfwit and anyone who scores more is an elitist.
I thought the same thing. I missed 3 questions - felt 33 was confusing and badly worded.
No, this is the stuff you’re supposed to learn in high school. 29 was badly worded also. I have no excuse for missing 15, though. Just wasn’t thinking.