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Title: Try this quiz and see how you do
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URL Source: http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692
Published: Dec 1, 2013
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Post Date: 2013-12-01 12:16:56 by James Deffenbach
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Full Civic Literacy Exam (from our 2008 survey) Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 % (I missed one question)
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
I would qualify that by adding that I gave the book answers not the reality. Keynesian economic policy is guaranteed to increase the wealth of the .1% while impovershing the general populace. It is a recipe for the creation of a Plutocratic Feudalism which will in time become a totalitarian dictatorship of that same .1%. "“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#2. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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-Alex Kurtagic
#3. To: Original_Intent (#1)
The one that I missed was also about economics and my answer still seems correct to me (but not according to the test answers). Still, I am not unhappy with my score. I will post the one I missed and my answer at a later time.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#4. To: X-15 (#2)
Very good. I guess you took the time to read the statistics on how poorly most of the elected officials did on this test? And we wonder why they pass so much crap that can't be justified to a high school student who has any grasp on what the Constitution actually allows and doesn't allow.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#5. To: James Deffenbach (#3)
Fair enough. I would guess that you chose a non-Keynesian answer because it made sense - not because that is what the Feral Guffermint is doing, or is wise, or in our interests - ssssssssitizzzen. The one that I missed was also about economics and my answer still seems correct to me (but not according to the test answers). Still, I am not unhappy with my score. I will post the one I missed and my answer at a later time.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#6. To: James Deffenbach, Original_Intent (#4) (Edited)
That's actually irrelevant: politicians answer to lobbyists who hire them for various FedGov and state posts. No successful politician (except Ron Paul) can now be elected without the blessing of Israel via AIPAC and the other myriad lobbying interests. Imagine if a candidate told his voting constituents that he/she was going to disregard the wishes of Israel and embrace Austrian School economics?? I guess you took the time to read the statistics on how poorly most of the elected officials did on this test?
>-Alex Kurtagic
#7. To: X-15, James Deffenbach, all (#6)
I think the authority on that question would be John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Imagine if a candidate told his voting constituents that he/she was going to disregard the wishes of Israel and embrace Austrian School economics??
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#8. To: X-15 (#6)
The relevant part is that they are effin' ignorant! Imbeciles for the most part and they are (some of them) somewhat photogenic and know how to appeal to the inherent greed in people who believe in free lunches. They don't get elected because they have any real ideas or knowledge about how to fix things (which would pretty much require the government to butt out of most of what it is involved in now).
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#8)
We can ream out a politican in public and they would still shake our hand and ask for $20 and our vote: they have no souls, they're amoral snakes.
>-Alex Kurtagic
#10. To: X-15 (#2)
Me too. You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
“Anti-semitism is a disease–you catch it from Jews”–Edgar J. Steele
“The jew cries out in pain, as he strikes you.”–Polish proverb
“I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless quotes I published in my tag lines. I am very sorry and ashamed. I never wanted to offend anyone, or to encroach human rights."- Hmmmmm
#11. To: James Deffenbach, 4 (#0)
You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 % not so good here -
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#12. To: Lod (#11)
Sir Lod... Good thing I do not vote... I got 27 right.
#13. To: Cynicom, 4 (#12)
As has been mentioned here, some economic "answers" seem questionable to me also. The pathetic thing is how much better 4 scored, than others who took the quiz. Truly sad.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#14. To: Lod, All (#11)
How many gave this question some thought? Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II. Canada and Mexico Germany and Japan England and Spain China and Russia
#15. To: Lod (#11)
You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 % That isn't that bad, Lod. not so good here -
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#16. To: Cynicom (#14)
Name two countries that were our enemies during World War II. Canada and Mexico Germany and Japan England and Spain China and Russia Only the amount of time it took to read it and check the box. How many gave this question some thought?
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#17. To: Original_Intent (#1) (Edited)
"I would qualify that by adding that I gave the book answers not the reality." Making up your own answers instead of memorizing the approved ones could make you a candidate for a re-education camp, careful about that. Elizabeth Warren might become president one day with the Democrats firmly in control of Congress. So be careful, you don't want to wind up in a re-education camp some day. ;-) My score: You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
#18. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
The one I missed was If taxes equal government spending, then: I don't think they took government salaries or foriegn aid into account. You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
#19. To: Ferret (#17)
So you are against some forms of education? Shameful!!! :)
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
#20. To: Dakmar (#18)
That's the same one I missed too and the things you said you never took into account shouldn't matter one iota. That is government spending and if they never spent any more than they took in in taxes there would be no debt. Therefore I think we were correct. The one I missed was If taxes equal government spending, then:
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#21. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
I disagreed with the conventional ways some of the economic questions were framed, but I also know the right "conventional" answers to the most often posed "conventional" questions. I been around the block a couple of times. Heh, heh. You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
#22. To: randge (#21)
Keynesian economics is the only flavor available on college campuses. the right "conventional" answers to the most often posed "conventional" questions.
>-Alex Kurtagic
#23. To: X-15 (#22)
When I took macroeconomics back in the day, we had a nice young adjunct teaching the class to us. He was a confident, competent instructor who gave well organized lectures. One day though, the Fed and money creation was on the syllabus, and his talk got really weird. So weird that I remember it today many years later. I don't think that he wandered far off the "conventional" on the topic, but his voice started to tremble in spots and he was unaccountably jittery in his presentation. His performance was really out of character from what I'd become used to. He was teaching like his job was on the line. I got the impression that he'd been advised how to present this material. Perhaps he had wandered outside the "conventional" boundaries in the past.
Know guns, know safety, know liberty. No guns, no safety, no liberty.
#24. To: randge (#21)
Very good, congratulations. You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#25. To: James Deffenbach (#20)
The question treated debt and deficit as one and the same. The government could take in an extra one million dollars a year and it would still take 16,000 years at this point to pay off the debt, and that is with no interest. That is government spending and if they never spent any more than they took in in taxes there would be no debt. Therefore I think we were correct.
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
#26. To: James Deffenbach (#0) (Edited)
I got 23 out of 33. I scored in the 69.70 percentile range. Great quiz. Well worth it.
#27. To: Cynicom (#14) (Edited)
Japan and Germany. I did not fare well on this quiz as I had anticipated because many of those questions were about government public policy. Much of what those government employees do in Washington D.C. are work related to policy generating laws. And most of them are clueless about the Constitution. So it does not surprise me a bit when I read that many of them fared below the 50 percentile range. They got hired not because of their educational background but because of their lack of understanding of the Constitution. Government policies and custom laws are public laws and regulations that are separate from the Constitution and were never intended to supercede the Constitution. A great example of this are from some questions I reference from that quiz: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following? Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe iecession? If taxes equal government spending, then:
#28. To: Ferret (#17)
"I would qualify that by adding that I gave the book answers not the reality." Making up your own answers instead of memorizing the approved ones could make you a candidate for a re-education camp, careful about that. Elizabeth Warren might become president one day with the Democrats firmly in control of Congress. So be careful, you don't want to wind up in a re-education camp some day. ;-) I know nuuthinnnng! Actually from my point of view it comes down to Democans and Republicrats. Both are corrupt and both are controlled by the same psychotic plutocratic crony capitalist cabal located in the Banking District of "The City of London". I tend to agree with Mark Twain's assessment: My score: You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress." ~ Mark Twain
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#29. To: Lod (#13)
There you go with them thar kunspirisy theeries agin'. Doncha' lissin' to Shepperd Smif? The pathetic thing is how much better 4 scored, than others who took the quiz.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
#30. To: Original_Intent (#29)
Yes, it sucks to be us.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#31. To: purplerose (#26)
Great quiz. Well worth it. Glad you thought it worthwhile. I got 23 out of 33. I scored in the 69.70 percentile range.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#32. To: James Deffenbach (#31)
Got 31/33. Missed the one on Puritans and the Lincoln/Douglas debate topic. I would take issue with this one:
What are the three branches of government?
executive, legislative, judicial
executive, legislative, military
bureaucratic, military, industry
federal, state, local
That 3rd option was mighty tempting....
#33. To: Pinguinite (#32)
The way it's been going since the Kenyan was foisted off on us they might as well just say that we are down to one branch, the executive and that that one is being run by a buffoon who is intent on destroying the country.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#34. To: James Deffenbach (#33)
It didn't start with Obama. Possibly with Bush II, but probably earlier.
#35. To: Pinguinite (#34)
It's just gotten worse since the Kenyan grabbed the throne. Yeah, Bush was terrible (just like his old man) and he never heard of a war he didn't want to get us involved in or any liberty that didn't need to be stripped. I grant you that he sucked. Obama sucks and blows at the same time--if you want to picture how low he is, think of a whale turd at the bottom of the deepest part of the Marianas Trench. He is some lower than that.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#36. To: James Deffenbach (#31) (Edited)
These are the questions I missed and I still disagree with the "correct" answers. Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following? My Answer: a decrease in a nation’s economic growth in the long term (My reason for saying this is that buying foreign products increases their military industry and decreases US gross domestic profit. We should be buying and trading with our union states. Instead we are buying cheap metal cars and products. This is not helping American economy at all.) · Question: The Puritans coming to America : My Answer: were Catholic missionaries escaping religious persecution. · Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858? · · MyAnswer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union? · Question: A flood-control levee (or National Defense) is considered a public good because: MyAnswer: insurance companies cannot afford to replace all houses after a flood · Question: Which of the following statements is true about abortion? My Answer: the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that underage women must notify their parents of an impending abortion · Question: Business profit is: My Answer: cost minus revenue Correct Answer: revenue minus expenses (My explanation here is that TR-TC= Accounting Profit { or -Loss-}. I should have gotten this correct and I still believe there is an error in this test format concerning the “correct” answer.) Seriously folks. · Question: Which of the following fiscal policy combinations has the federal government most often followed to stimulate economic activity when the economy is in a severe recession? My Answer: decreasing both taxes and spending · Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to: My Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress Correct Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views ( I thought that as soon as Roosevelt came into office the first thing he did was court pack his commie thugs in the U.S. Supreme Court and not after he implemented his New Deal plan). · Question: If taxes equal government spending, then: My Answer: government is not helping anybody · Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because: My Answer: markets rely upon coercion, whereas government relies upon voluntary compliance with the law
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