Evolve or Die: U.S. Civics Quiz.

[roseembolism]

In honor of Darwin's Birthday and Thanksgiving, test your knowledge of basic civics, with The U.S. Civics Quiz.



the good news is:

I did pretty well: I got an A.

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Average score for this quiz during November: 78.1%
Average score: 78.1%

You can take the quiz as often as you like, however, your score will only count once toward the monthly average.

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

The bad news is the random sampling of American's knowledge of civics, as revealed in this report card:

Grade	Number Surveyed	Percent Surveyed
(90 to 100%)	21	0.8%
(80 to 89.9%)	66	2.6
(70 to 79.9%)	185	7.4
(60 to 69.9%)	445	17.8
(59.9% and below)	1,791	71.4
Total	2,508	100.0

I should not be in the top .8% of people surveyed.  More importantly, the failure rate is absolutely distressing.  Having 71.4% of the American public ignorant of basic civics is in my view, a dangerous trend, and one explanation for the disenfranchisement of so much of the American people with the political process.

Comments

[palecur.livejournal.com]

I missed the last question (#33) due to reading comprehension failure, but otherwise aced it. Interesting bunch of questions!