Civic Literacy Exam

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33 question exam testing civic literacy. How’d you do?

http://www.isi.org/quiz.aspx?q=FE5C3B47-9675-41E0-9CF3-072BB31E2692&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

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  • You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

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

    You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

Incorrect Answers-
**Question:**Which of the following statements is true about abortion?
Your Answer: the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that underage women must notify their parents of an impending abortion
Correct Answer: the Supreme Court struck down most legal restrictions on it in Roe v. Wade

  • **Question:**What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?
    **Your Answer:** Declaration of Independence
    **Correct Answer:** Gettysburg Address
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31/33

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27/33

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31/33

Incorrect Answers

  • **Question:**What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
    **Your Answer:** Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
    **Correct Answer:** Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?
  • **Question:**In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:
    **Your Answer:** impeach several Supreme Court justices
    **Correct Answer:** appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views

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32/33

I took this awhile ago though. I think there is a longer one than 33 questions, i got a 91% on that one.

People who take this already know what they are going to get. It is only taken to confirm that…we are “right.” After all, the majority of them fail it. How can they know what they are talking about, right?