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Test Your Civics Literacy

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I just found this on the Beretta Forum, and found it to be rather informative as well as a little fun. You can take the quiz as often as you like, but your score will only contibute to the monthly average once per month.

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Even if you don't take the quiz, read the survey results. Some of them are down-right scary. I think this explains a lot about the shift to socialism in our society.

My score: 26 out of 33 = 78.79% Thought I would have scored better than that, but they ask some pretty good questions.
 
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Holy crap, I did well. And all I did was think.

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %
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Only missed the last question by overthinking - a common problem for me.
 
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I got 23 out of 33...and i went to school and university in Russia and never studied anything formallyin the US...shame on elected officials who scored lower than that...
 
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Chaingun81 wrote:
I got 23 out of 33...and i went to school and university in Russia and never studied anything formallyin the US...shame on elected officials who scored lower than that...
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Imagine if I/we were to take an equivalent test on Russia civics. HO Ho ho. Of the peoples with whom I sympathize, far and away the Russians are most sympathetic.
 
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Doug Huffman wrote:
It will be interesting to compare the summary statistics that may be developed here with their reports of testing of larger populations.
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I think it would be interesting to compare gun owners against the general population. I'd like to think that as a demographic, we're more civic minded than most. Then again, I didn't do as well as I thougtht I would either....
 
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Man I sucked. Got one more question right than a guy who was schooled in Russia,guess I'll give up my day job go into politics!
 
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24 out of 33. It's definitely the teachers fault. But I'm sure the website will say that I got a 100% correct because I might feel bad and everyone is a winner...boo hoo...
 
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You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

I didn't like some of the questions. Missed 7,11,13, and 14.
 
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I got the same. There were specific questions that I did not know the answer too...but at least I did better than college professors!

And I only completed the 12th grade...barely.....

smccomas wrote:
You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

I am a rock :(
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Armed wrote:
Doug Huffman wrote:
It will be interesting to compare the summary statistics that may be developed here with their reports of testing of larger populations.
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I think it would be interesting to compare gun owners against the general population. I'd like to think that as a demographic, we're more civic minded than most. Then again, I didn't do as well as I thougtht I would either....
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Not terribly long ago, I read somewhere that NRA members as a group had a higher percentage of college graduates than the general population.
 
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