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Full Civic Literacy Exam
Intercollegiate Studies Institute - Educating for Liberty ^
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Posted on 04/15/2012 11:10:29 PM PDT by nikos1121
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This is a basic but difficult Civic Literacy Exam. The questions have been discussed many times here, so I would predict that FRs will do better on the average vs other Americans esp our politicians. In fact, at the end of the exam are the results of politicians in office.
http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:10:36 PM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
I scored 26 out of 33. I’d like to see if anyone on FR can score a perfect 100%. Read the answers carefully. Have fun.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:21:15 PM PDT
by
nikos1121
To: nikos1121
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:24:53 PM PDT
by
llandres
(Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
To: nikos1121
I got 27 out of 33 - 81.82%.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:28:24 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
(Rick Santorum For President (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N89LGhm-Ztc))
To: nikos1121
You answered 30 out of 33 correctly 90.91 %
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:29:10 PM PDT
by
TheWriterTX
(Riding the Long-Wave Economic Contraction, Baby!)
To: nikos1121
It told me;
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly 100.00 %
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:31:34 PM PDT
by
ALPAPilot
To: nikos1121
This is the question I got wrong with the explanation:
uestion: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average
How can this be correct when the government receives money from taxes which are not taxes on individuals? If the government is receiving taxes from corporations, for example, it's expenditures per person far exceeds its revenues from those persons.
I understand the "on average" modification but I do not read it to mean that all taxes from all sources averaged by dividing it by the number of people even though not derived exclusively from people.
In considering my (wrong) answer I understood that it seemed to apply better to "deficit" rather than to "debt" but there was no time limit so one can assume that taxes equal expenditures from the beginning of time and therefore there would be no debt.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:33:24 PM PDT
by
nathanbedford
("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
To: nikos1121
I scored 31 out of 33. Darn puritans and freak philosophers got me.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:34:51 PM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
To: nikos1121
You answered 32 out of 33 correctly 96.97 %
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that: Your Answer: all moral and political truth is relative to ones time and place
Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason
heheh I'm need to work on my philosophy studies I guess.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:35:48 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: nikos1121
90.01%
But it’s late and I’m tired.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:37:29 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Our new, happy lives.)
To: nikos1121
Fun quiz to do - scored 28 of 33 - since I’ve personally lived through some of these, thought I would do better. I was amazed at the wide gap between citizens and politicians on some things. Would appear that citizens know more history than those we elect. Maybe they should have to take a quiz before they can hold office. Thanks for doing this.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:42:01 PM PDT
by
Grams A
(The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
To: nikos1121
“You answered 25 out of 33 correctly 75.76 %”
To: nikos1121
You answered 25 out of 33 correctly 75.76 %
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:45:46 PM PDT
by
GOPBiker
(Thank a veteran, with a smile, every chance you get. You do more good than you can know.)
To: nikos1121
32 out of 33. I missed the last one. ?????
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:50:00 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
To: nikos1121
Seventy-four percent. Jeez, that’s a D! Barely!
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:50:16 PM PDT
by
Mugwump
To: nikos1121
29 out of 33. Wood like two no wich wons I mist.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:55:17 PM PDT
by
DaiHuy
(One Big Assed Mistake America)
To: nikos1121
29 out of 33. Wood like two no wich wons I mist.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:55:34 PM PDT
by
DaiHuy
(One Big Assed Mistake America)
To: nathanbedford
I stumbled on that question as well...and answered the same.
I also didn’t answer the Plato, Aquinas question correctly.
Oh well, 31 out of 33.
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posted on
04/15/2012 11:57:25 PM PDT
by
berdie
To: nikos1121
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly 84.85 %
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posted on
04/16/2012 12:00:24 AM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: nikos1121
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly 84.85 %
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posted on
04/16/2012 12:00:28 AM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
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