So my winger mom asked me to take this "civics" quiz

[Narkos]

by the "Intercollegiate Studies Institute", yet another Koch funded propaganda machine. Anyways, I took it, got 84%. The questions were generally okay, but some of them were a tad ridiculous like "Free markets are the best thing since sliced bread because"....anyways, enjoy!


Here's the link
http://www.isi.org/(S(jq2yay45jmvbdemgol5umhbd))/quiz.aspx?q=fe5c3b47-9675-41e0-9cf3-072bb31e2692

[dflprincess]

1. Your link only goes to the home page where an occasional blurb lists Ave Maria University as the

school of the week - "A start up school trying to restore old fashioned Catholic education". (I wonder if that means nuns with rulers?)

Another one says something about "American Intellectual Conservatism" - there's an oxymoron for you.

I never did find the quiz.

[bluedigger]

2. Me, either.

Not that I put much effort into it.

[RKP5637]

6. See post #3. I'm not bothering to take it, but you have to copy the

entire link from the OP, just clicking the highlighted doesn't work. I'm not interested in the test either. Same thought!

[RKP5637]

3. This got my interest. You have to copy in the entire link the OP posted.

http://www.isi.org/%28S%28jq2yay45jmvbdemgol5umhbd%29%29/quiz.aspx?q=fe5c3b47-9675-41e0-9cf3-072bb31e2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

[Control-Z]

4. I copy/pasted the whole link and got

a virus warning!!

[AJTheMan]

7. I got an 87.88%

So yeah. A lot of it dealt with American history and the free market.

[HarveyDarkey]

8. Same here

missed 4

Some funky questions though

[bluedigger]

10. So did I.

I went back and took it - I'm bored.

WTF does Sputnik have to do with American civics, anyways? (I got it right.)

[Archae]

9. I did pretty good...

My score...

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Incorrect Answers
•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?
Your Answer: increasing both taxes and spending
Correct Answer: decreasing taxes and increasing spending

•Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:
Your Answer: property rights and contracts are best enforced by the market system
Correct Answer: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends

•Question: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas would concur that:
Your Answer: all moral and political truth is relative to one’s time and place
Correct Answer: certain permanent moral and political truths are accessible to human reason

•Question: Which of the following is a policy tool of the Federal Reserve?
Your Answer: increasing or decreasing government spending
Correct Answer: buying or selling government securities

[AverageJoe90]

11. My score was 81.82%.

Not bad if I can say so myself.

[Historic NY]

12. Get her to taken the citizenship test.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.d72b75bdf98917853423754f526e0aa0/?vgnextoid=afd6618bfe12f210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=afd6618bfe12f210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

[RKP5637]

15. +++ 1,000,000 +++ Most of the wingers usually can't pass the

citizenship test. Similar to how fundies generally fail miserably on religious tests ...

[SoDesuKa]

13. Lincoln-Douglas Debates

The Lincoln-Douglas debates were not about the morality of slavery. 96.4%

[Art_from_Ark]

14. I missed one

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government debt is zero
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

[slackmaster]

16. FAIL