My fellow Americans

[Scooter]

At least she had heard of England.

[dales]

You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %

Not too shabby for an old duffer.

[Big RR]

33/33; the only one I wasn't sure of was the Socrates, Plato, Aquinas question, but I guessed correctly.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Big RR - surely you mean that after deep thought you rationally deduced the correct answer?

31/33 for me but I shall not open myself to mockery by telling which two I missed

Meade

[Andrew D]

More BS masquerading as testing:

Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:

A serious question would have read something like:

A combination of a free market and centralized planning typically secures broader economic prosperity than does either a free market alone or centralized planning alone because:

But that would have involved, you know, truth.

[Rick]

That's why I got that question wrong then.

There was no correct answer...

[Beer Sponge]

More BS masquerading as testing:

I wasn't masquerading as anything!! This is the real me!!!

[Sue U]

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

Although I disagreed with several of the economics questions at the end, I could see the answer they were going for, since the questions' pro-capitalist bias was obvious. These were not "civic literacy" questions but propaganda -- and considering who is putting this quiz out there, it's no wonder.

ETA:

From the ISI website:

Principles

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute works to instill an understanding and appreciation for America’s founding principles. These six values represent the core beliefs inherent in ISI’s mission and its activity.

Limited Government

The rightful functions of government are to guarantee individual liberty, private property, internal order, the provision of national defense, and the administration of justice. When the state exceeds this proper role, it accumulates power and becomes a threat to personal liberty.

Individual Liberty

Individuals possess rights to life, liberty, property, and freedom from the restrictions of arbitrary force. They exercise these rights through the use of their natural free will.

Personal Responsibility

Personal responsibility is central to the idea of a free society and to the concept of self-government. Because each individual is morally responsible for his acts, citizens in a free society have an obligation to educate themselves to further the common good through the political process: this is the proper and necessary function of self-government.

The Rule of Law

Laws, not men, rule a free society. The Constitution of the United States, with its division of powers, is the best arrangement yet devised for empowering government while preventing the concentration of power.

Free Market Economy

Allocating resources by the free play of supply and demand is the single economic system compatible with the requirements of a free society, and also the most productive and efficient supplier of human needs.

Traditional Values

The values, customs, conventions, and norms of the Judeo-Christian tradition inform and guide a free society. Without such ordinances, society induces its decay by embracing a relativism that rejects an objective moral order.

[Econoline]

I got 33 out of 33, but had the same complaints as others about the questions on economics. (Like Sue, I could see which answers they wanted and answered accordingly.)

[Guinevere]

32/33 - I missed one of the Econ questions, which I always miss, every time I've taken this quiz.

[oldr_n_wsr]

So you refuse to learn from your mistakes.

[Big RR]

Agreed sue, I do think they were pretty clear about what answers they expected on the questions, especially on the economic questions.

[rubato]

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

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[RayThom]

"You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %"

I'm sure I'd do much better if I took the test over... but, at least, I'm honest.

Now, where's that quiz on the Kadashian girls? I bet I'll ace that one.

[Lord Jim]

Now, where's that quiz on the Kadashian girls? I bet I'll ace that one.

In that case Ray, it sounds like you'd do really well on the "7 days" BBC "news" quizzes in General Stuff....

[Gob]

Now, where's that quiz on the Kadashian girls? I bet I'll ace that one.

In that case Ray, it sounds like you'd do really well on the "7 days" BBC "news" quizzes in General Stuff....

Yrs
Lord 2/7 Jim

[Lord Jim]

My point exactly...

[rubato]

You answered 32 out of 33 correctly — 96.97 %

Wrong answer on definition of a public good, although I still think my answer was defensible.

Fine you Canadian you, show me up. Here let's switch citizenship cards.

Fear sharpens their awareness of us. We grew up worrying about Russians dropping nuclear bombs on us. Canadians grow up worrying that they are about to become the 51st state.


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[oldr_n_wsr]

Canadians grow up worrying that they are about to become the 51st state.

Somehow, I doubt that is true.

[MajGenl.Meade]

They do too grow up!