Graduates Know Even Less About History (Take The Quiz!)

Madison.com ^ | September 19, 2007 | Anita Weier

[tophat9000]

56.. but had to take it real fast as my laptop battery was dying

[IonImplantGuru]

"...but some of the questions were bogus."
How so?

Here's one that I disagreed with:

53. National defense is considered a public good because:
a) a majority of citizens value it. [my answer]
b) a resident can benefit from it without directly paying for it. [the 'correct' answer]
c) military contracts increase employment opportunities. [doh]
d) a majority of citizens support the military during war. [!!!]
e) airport security personnel are members of the Federal civil service. [no comment]

Regarding answer 'b', is there any legal resident who does not pay (through Federal taxes) directly for National defense?

As an aside, I scored only 85%; OK, but no great shakes. Like others 'The Market Economy' did me in - despite quite a few years of subscribing to and reading 'The Economist'. 4 of my 9 incorrect answers were in that category.

[BigCinBigD]

I got 43 out of 60. :0(

[Alain Chartier]

When I was eighteen, I read a book by Harry Browne that explained inflation. He made it so simple and obvious that I wondered why it wasn’t common knowledge. I never did bother to learn the exact method by which the Federal Reserve Board carried it out.

[JSteff]

Yeah, LOL. But I have stayed at some Holiday Inn Express hotels and have a TV right on my desk.

History Channel, Discovery, A&E, TLC, etc running all the time I have been on the computer and FR. So I got some by osmosis. :-)

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I got 60 out of 60. A had to do a bit of guessing on a couple of them. Comes from having degrees in Economics and Political Science and an interest in history, I suppose.

[Yudan]

I broke one of my own rules and over-thought at least two of the ones I missed. Turned out my first answer was right.

[g'nad]

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[Doohickey]

I scored 83.33. Is that bad?

[an amused spectator]

LOL!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Very well said. :)

[Aquinasfan]

Students at several expensive universities, including Yale, Cornell, Princeton and Duke, actually lost ground during four years of college education.

LOL! You can knock me over with a feather. I could care less if my kids go to college, and this is reason #247.

[NEPA]

I scored 90%. I was surprised since I graduated HS 30+ years ago.

[patj]

bump

[Pietro]

93.33%

[CT-Freeper]

You answered 47 out of 60 correctly — 78.33 %

Meh...I would have liked to do better. I guess I need more coffee in the morning.

[Aquinasfan]

Got 53 out of 60. 88%. Not bad. I knew that I was weak on the Civil War era, but I was disappointed that I didn’t do better on the monetary questions.

[Crawdad]

I only got 52 right. I would’ve done better, but the instructions said I couldn’t take a break and breastfeed my kid.

[r9etb]

You answered 58 out of 60 correctly — 96.67 %

Pretty good quiz, actually....