Take Out Your #2 Pencils, Class

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a conservative leaning, non-profit, educational organization that, according to their website, seeks to further a "better understanding of the values and institutions that sustain a free and humane society." They go on to say:

Founded in 1953, ISI works "to educate for liberty" — to identify the best and the brightest college students and to nurture in these future leaders the American ideal of ordered liberty. To accomplish this goal, ISI seeks to enhance the rising generation's knowledge of our nation's founding principles — limited government, individual liberty, personal responsibility, the rule of law, market economy, and moral norms.

ISI recently completed their 2010 American Civic Literacy Report, in which they analyze the results of a fairly challenging quiz taken by Americans of all ages and professions - including politicians. According to the report, 71% of Americans failed this test, with an average score of just 49%. Even singling out college graduates, the average result was only 57%.

Here is the online quiz that was made available with the report, which are actually questions from the 2008 survey. Multiple choice test, and no Google-ing. And no pressure, of course. Learning is always preferable to the alternative. I will toot my own horn a bit, in the interest of full disclosure: I aced this test - but then again, I am a bit of a geek when it comes to this kind of stuff. This is one of the harder online history/civics quizzes I've taken, though. The multiple choice format helps!

Have fun! - Take the Quiz!

(h/t: PoliSilo)