I don't believe in multiple choice tests. You have a 25% chance of getting a question right, even if you have no idea! Ask these questions as short answer (even one sentence) and people will get much worse grades.

I teach math, so I never give multiple choice tests. Which of course means I have major issues with standardized tests (most of which are multiple choice)!!!

100% 33/33 I was surprised but did expect to get 30/33. This test should be a requirement for voting and holding office. If one can't get better than 70% shouldn't be allowed to vote

I got 30 out of 33. I am just in college. If people don't know these things, why are they voting? The average score is 77%. That just goes to show how far education has failed.

You answered 31 out of 33 correctly — 93.94 %

Hmm & I'm a 15 year old public high schooler

32/33 I find it telling that some think that capitalism / free market economics is a political bias rather than the history of this country.

78% not bad for a person who is only 17, right?

88.7% Not bad for an Air Forse Retiree

...how many others sent this to Neal. I saw it briefly on the Yahoo home page.

I missed yesterday's show, had surgery Tuesday.

Those claiming bias towards "conservative" politics must not understand capitalism....

Did anyone else notice that the self-identified elected officials scored well on the gov't spending questions?

31/33 only because I read the Almanac in the bathroom. I did not get the knowledge from gov't schools. Here is my point: a liberal arts teacher in my neighborhood recently did not believe me when I casually stated JFK served in the US Navy in WWII and was a hero. Told her the quick PT 109 story and she interrupted with hands on her hits and said NO! I was wrong... that "it was John Kerry and that she heard it all on CNN"... She walked away wagging her finger telling me "I did not study my history lessons in school". Educators today who indoctrinate our children on what they perceive based on biases and half truths and on what they hear in media vs. education based on historical facts are the root cause of the problem of many folks. I am dissapointed in anyone who did not get at least 75%.

I tried in both Firefox and IE, but it would not grade my quiz, saying that I had skipped some questions. Are the answers posted somewhere?

31 out of 33! I have five kids ranging in age from 18 to 29. Not one of them had any clue to the answers of any of the questions. When I was in grammar and high school in the Chicago suburbs back in the 70s, we were required to take a federal and state constitution tests to graduate junior high and high school. My kids are the product of the Ft. Worth TX ISD, and have never had any requirement to study the constitution, but they all know the cheat codes to the popular video games. No wonder the youth of the country voted for “Change”, despite not knowing what “Change” is.

28/33 = 85%

I'm happy with that. What did Neal score?

22/33 66%

Would have gotten some of what I missed though. I'm at work so I had to hurry.

Sad that even in a rush I beat most of the country...

But hey, it's history. So what's it matter? Why learn history? It's not like it could ever happen again right. This country is sad.

88% I guess my vote was based on knowledge, not feel good propaganda

30/33

I don't know what shocked me more, that I got a perfect score, or that professional politicians scored below 50%. Almost all of the questions were 7th to 9th grade stuff. Scary.

hmmm...31 out of 33 not bad for a law student. I do need to point out the average score is 78% on it at this point so the little blurb at the top is not exactly accurate.

I scored 30 out of 33, but you should note that only questions 1-24 are really about civics and American history. The remainder are conservative-economic propaganda disguised as a civics quiz.

This test is biased with a political agenda and some of the questions were not civics (e.g., "how does our government work?" vs. "who said ?"). Many of the questions were college level so I'm not surprised that many people score poorly on this test.

hey I got 72 not bad for a high school drop out if all my test were like this maybe i would have finished but there could not hold my attention cars girls

Puritans (in hindsight, I shouldn't have missed that), Gettysburg Address (Hey I've never read it at my govn't school), Socrates/Plato/Aristotle, and the Lincoln debate (I thought it was States leaving the Union rather than expansion of slavery, since a few territories had slavery. Again, I never studied the debates, only that there existed a debate)

84.85% I missed the "decreasing taxes and increasing spending" question, too. I went with decreasing both. Plus a couple of "I shoulda known that" moments.

Got 30 or 33..and I thought I slept through most of school. Osmosis at work?

I only missed that Puritan one and I should have gotten than one.

Thanks for posting Neal. I love this type of stuff.

I got 32 right, including all of the economics questions (entrepreneur who has also taught econ to college students). I missed the gettysburg address question. I made it all the way through school without having to memorize that speech. Oh well, I was gubmint educated in the inner city in my K-12 years. I paid attention in 9th grade civics class and 12th grade government class (they repeated the same darn thing, easy coast class my Senior year). The economics stuff I learned in college and in my MBA program. That was private school and self funded.

I feel sorry for those who think they scored high on this quiz. After taking the quiz and receiving the score I compared the answers they say I had with the answers I actually gave. No where near the same, the scoring is in error on many of the questions. Almost like an extreme lefty answered the quiz.

87.88%

I'm kicking myself for not getting number 7 or 33 correct, I had them both right the first time, but then changed them before I submitted. Numbers 4 and 14 were just guesses. I never read much about the Lincoln/Douglas debates or the Puritans. Thanks government school!

29 out of 33 .... i guess not too bad

I got a 69.70.
but on the other hand I have been out of school 20 plus years and never went to college. So I would say not too bad. Oh and looking up the answers online while you take the test is Cheating!
Shame shame.

Not bad for an elected offical! Was never much better than a "C" anyway.

Got 76%. A few I did not read closely enough and a few I did not know. Not bad though.

I got 67.9---my daughter won't be happy with me--she has taught social studies for 18 years. I plan to do some studying--!

I got 81%, which ain't too bad for a RETIRED 63 year old high school drop out, hey!

I brain farted on a couple questions and I still got 81.8%. I still think I should have done better. How in the hell do elected officials score so poorly on it?!?

I actually would argue the one I got wrong should have been half credit. I do think a free market is the best way to preserve contract and property rights.

Got 100%...though a few I had to reason out...thank god it was multiple choice! This test ought to be mandatory to graduate any school.

I missed 1. There were several that I didn't know the answer immediately, but process of elimination made the answer obvious. I think that goes to show not only that American's don't know there Civics, but they don't know how to use critical thinking skills. Thanks for posting it Neal.

I guess I need to brush up on my knowledge of the anti-Federalists...other than that, perfect score.
Not too bad for a physicist, Army vet, and (just to irk Neal) smoker. lol
JFH

To the poster that claimed this test put forth an agenda, care to tell us how? I answered questions based on economic theory, historical facts, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. You take a different test?

I knew I was unqualified for public office!

I got 30/33 90.91%

The questions I missed were the Lincoln/Douglas debate, Socrates and Government spending during a recession.

thats not too bad although I will admit that I totally guessed on the greek phyilosophy question and got it right. So I'll give myself a 29 of 33.

II took it on the fly and got 29 of 33. Not bad, but it irks me that I missed any at all.....thanks for posting this, Neal!!

I got a 33/33. Its not that hard. There goes any hope I had of becoming an elected official.

Not bad for someone losing her brain cells! Going to have my husband and my 6th grade daughter take it when she gets home... and send the link to her history teacher. 3 of the questions I missed were economics! I am still trying to figure out why the GOV is giving money to business instead of just giving every one with a SSN a million to get their debt ridden butts out of debt instead of giving business money to allow people to get more into debt.

Missed 3. The Lincoln/Douglas debates, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and government spending. The rest were 2 foot putts. Gimmes.

Okay, I got 33 of 33 on the test. I didn't find it all that challenging. Passing this test (70%) should become a requirement for voting in this country. If you can't answer at least 70% of the questions correctly, you have no business casting a vote and subecting us to a BHO administration

I got a 96.97% on the quiz, missing the last question. By the way, I'm the one who said I got most of my news from NPR.

Everything I know I learned from Neal!!

And I am Canadian! Ha!

I guessed at 3 questions, so I only got 30 of 33 correct. Darn.

I guess I'm just an uneducated enlisted member of the armed forces....