Monday, November 24, 2008

A very interesting quiz: more on getting the government we deserve

American elected officials showed a shocking lack of knowledge about government, history, and basic constitutional principles in a national survey. They scored a failing grade of just 44 percent on a basic test of knowledge of our nation in a quiz by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). Average citizens scored 49 percent. Note: many of these people scored less than a random or blind selection of answers — quite an achievement.

Here is the quiz. Please take it without cheating. I scored a 31 out of 33 and the ones I got wrong I though I had right so I must have guessed well on a couple. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

Here is a link to the article. http://jonathanturley.org/2008/11/23/elected-officials-score-lower-on-civics-tests-than-average-citizens-who-score-lower-than-basic-condiments/

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