Thursday, April 8, 2010

History Test

It's labeled an Independence Day Quiz, but it's good for any day:


The site says:
"Our quiz is made up of 20 questions which were once used on the actual citizenship test. We've added a few curveballs-- The last ten questions may be a bit harder, but a score of around 24 out of 30 is considered a passing grade."

History was not a good subject for me in school. (Nor was geography.) I did not expect to do well on this test. As it progressed, I did a lot of 'educated' guessing (e.g., I thought the president is limited to 2 successive terms, but could run again later, so I guessed 4).

Anyway, my results:
"Your Score is 23
Congratz, you Pass! You should be proud."

Whew, barely made it. Just like back in school...

14 comments:

OrbsCorbs said...

Y'know, if you do the math, 70% of 30 questions is 21. Isn't 70% the usual cutoff for a C grade?

Beejay said...

I thought 70 was the cut off for a D.

And I'm not embarrassing myself by taking this test...LOL....

hale-bopp said...

I got 26 but was frustrated because two of my misses were because I misread the question! I answered how many years in a full term for president (the question wanted representative), and the question that asked what year the last amendment was ratified, well, I misinterpreted the question as meaning what year was the amendment mentioned in the LAST (previous) question ratified, not the most recent amendment.

The two I really did not know were both in the last 10 and probably have never been on a real citizenship test (how many amendments have been proposed and not ratified and which of those presidents was born in Texas).

OrbsCorbs said...

I had a suspicion that the Texas birth thing was a trick question. But I picked Bush, anyway.


Come on, Beejay. You can always lie. Who would know the difference?

I think you're right about the 70% = D. See, you're smarter than me already.

Beejay said...

Nope...I will remain in the dark on this one....LOL...

Why Not? said...

When I was in school 70% was a C for the "normal" classes and in the AP classes 70% was a D..

I got 23 right as well.. at least I passed.. =)

SER said...

I am a bad American...20

OKIE said...

24. Wow, you think you know things and find out you don't.
I knew it wasn't Bush born in Texas but after I looked at my answers I had picked him anyway. What is up with that?

RWWackoStu said...

28 out of 30. The impeachment and assassination questions got me.

kkdither said...

Right from the start, I knew I should pick another state, as not to embarrass Wisconsin. I failed the test, but at least I was near the top of the bell curve.

History has never been my strong point. Makes me wonder how I even passed history class. Seems that all we did in class was memorize dates of wars for tests just to forget them a week later. I'm certain anything I know on that topic, I've learned it as an adult. This proves that I need to go brush up on the Constitution or maybe move to Canada.

Toad said...

Tell ya what. It ain't easy. I got a lousy 19 and find it REALLY embarrassing. I REALLY screwed up on the number of Senators. I knew It was two per state, but STILL said 50. DUH.

Why Not? said...

I had an AP history class once.. and only once.. It was awful.. that only lasted one year and I barely squeaked by.. Just like KK says.. you remember enough to pass the test then it's gone forevermore.

Sassa said...

I got 18...and I lived through most of it!

hale-bopp said...

You can forget facts, which is why when was teaching, I wanted students to learn to question, think and analyze. That's a skill you don't forget, but it can screw you up for the rest of your natural life.

I at least partially succeeded based on the number of emails I get from former students who notice things about bad science/astronomy in movies and television!