American Civics
This test is worth taking if you are US citizen.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/
I was pissed off that I missed any of these — but I should take solace in that fact that college educators only scored 55%. 
The stats from the test are very interesting.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/major_findings_finding1.html
You answered 25 out of 33 correctly — 75.76 %
Oh well, at least I whipped my professors.
rjjrdq
23 Nov 08 at 17:55
Also got 25 correct – and I’m Danish.
Thomas
23 Nov 08 at 18:49
26 out of 33, and I’m Canadian. I kicked myself after changing my answer on a couple away from the correct answer.
Even more sad than the professors was that elected officials averaged 44%.
Kent Sharkey
23 Nov 08 at 19:23
Woohoo! Managed to get 33 out of 33, although I’ll admit I had to use the Force on a few of them…
Paul Vick
23 Nov 08 at 23:43
24 correct – 72.73%, from a Brit
Steve Strong
24 Nov 08 at 08:40
I got 28/33, but I am pretty sure the supposed answer to #33 is incorrect:
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
The test says the answer is D, but how is that true?
I chose E because for lack of any good answer.
James Wesley Foster
24 Nov 08 at 16:43
32 correct – missed on Roosevelt vs USSC
A few answers needed deduction, and it let me down on on that one.
B. eliminate the Supreme Court – Knew he couldn’t.
D. override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of Congress – Knew Congress couldn’t override Court or change Constitution, irrespective of majority.
That left:
C. appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views – Thought court size was fixed – my bad
A. impeach several Supreme Court justices – Impeachments have been politically motivated before and since.
Similar deductions with some other questions or for ambiguous wording worked out.
Irish with BSc. and politically active.
njb
24 Nov 08 at 18:53
@James
The wording on D is a bit suspect because of course governments have more sources of wealth than taxes, and taxes don’t just apply to “persons”.
But if you take all tax income from any source and all spending, and divide each by the population…
Plus the others are logical falacies
njb
24 Nov 08 at 19:08
27 out of 33 right.
I guess that’s why you’re the manager and I’m just a minion
DB
Don Box
4 Dec 08 at 09:22