Civics anyone?

[cutterjon]

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

I missed 2, and one of them I am kicking myself for. The other one, I was close, and am ok with missing.

Comments

[alphapythia]

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly - 90.91 %

I have a question about one I missed though (two were things I just didn't know- like what Lincoln debated about and I can never remember which amedment is which)

but one I missed was:

33) If taxes equal government spending, then:
A. government debt is zero
B. printing money no longer causes inflation
C. government is not helping anybody
D. tax per person equals government spending per person
E. tax loopholes and special-interest spending are absent

I said, A but it says D I'm confused because, wouldn't it be quite possible that person 1 would pay $1000 of taxes and person B would pay $300 of taxes, and the gov spending per person would be say, $500 but it's not equal to what either person paid? I guess they mean the *average* per person would be equal to the *average* tax paid?

Anyway, I think that one was badly worded.

:)

But then, I would.

[cutterjon]

It was an awkwardly worded question. I missed the one about Jefferson's letters, I thought that it was in the declaration, and then I screwed up the excerpt from the Gettysburg address.

[sandyleeann]

You answered 25 out of 33 correctly - 75.76 %

i take comfort in the fact that i know how my government works, at least enough for this test. My misses were; who said what in what speech, and what did they mean by this when they said it or did it over here.
Eh, knowing me, i am happy with it.