tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post4968829373376481116..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: The TestBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-14802661878403621602009-12-09T23:09:48.289-07:002009-12-09T23:09:48.289-07:00I'm honestly a bit bothered that this test on ...I'm honestly a bit bothered that this test on the American Revolution requires someone to know a quote by Karl Marx. Not because of any connections or anything, but rather because it has nothing to do with the American Revolution. I mean, maybe if Marx had been an intellectual precursor (like Payne was), but he was born a bit too late for that sort of thing. By, like, a hundred years. <br /><br />...and PS, I got 22/27. My excuse is that I'm not an Americanist, though I'd probably attribute my sleeping through my American History surveys too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-25511614023569330782009-12-07T14:31:45.879-07:002009-12-07T14:31:45.879-07:00I'm a bit dubious about #15. It seems to me t...I'm a bit dubious about #15. It seems to me that the correct answer is social contract theory, which isn't one of the options.James Hanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18431950784819780004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-85440465244820816402009-12-05T14:24:54.086-07:002009-12-05T14:24:54.086-07:0026 out of 27 here, but should have been 27. I pick...26 out of 27 here, but should have been 27. I picked up Marshall over Jay for #12. John Marshall's court established precedents for the right of review so he stood out in my mind and my gut told me John Jay was the first chief justice -- but I went with Marshall ... oh well..David Kalivasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-11114183719139182872009-12-03T18:08:47.264-07:002009-12-03T18:08:47.264-07:00Phil/others
If you want a convenient method to su...Phil/others<br /><br />If you want a convenient method to subscribe, try out Google Reader or someother RSS reader.<br /><br />There's an RSS for both <i>posts</i> and <i>comments</i> right under the banner "Subscribe to American Creation" in the right margin of the AC blog.bpabbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047791198702983998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-11465544986105101552009-12-03T15:06:11.093-07:002009-12-03T15:06:11.093-07:00For subscription only.For subscription only.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-25953324878016788412009-12-03T15:02:51.094-07:002009-12-03T15:02:51.094-07:00.
24 out of 27.
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It should have been 25 out of 27....<br />24 out of 27.<br />.<br />It should have been 25 out of 27.<br />.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-2452428342823917982009-12-02T23:31:25.634-07:002009-12-02T23:31:25.634-07:00Where's the quiz for "American Idol"...Where's the quiz for "American Idol"? "Dancing With the Stars?" "Fantasy Football"? Come on, Brad. Where are your priorities?Brian Tubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15412421076480479001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-46711075919425577032009-12-02T21:22:43.698-07:002009-12-02T21:22:43.698-07:0027 out of 27. Typical test in which at least two ...27 out of 27. Typical test in which at least two are completely wrong and its just comes down to choosing between the last two. If you know anything about today's climate and about the era of our founding you should get it. Which explains why the majority of Americans fail.yoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00081974018229308110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-27680443100840428502009-12-02T21:17:39.699-07:002009-12-02T21:17:39.699-07:00OK, I hadn't taken the test, and I'd read ...OK, I hadn't taken the test, and I'd read about Shay's and St. Louis when I read the original article. What I meant to say was I made an educated guess about the Coercive Acts, which I got right.<br /><br />Missed John Jay, altho the back of my schoolboy brain went D'oh!, I knew that one.<br /><br />24 out of 25, dunno what I would have guessed on the other two.<br /><br />If I were not a regular reader of this blog, I'd have missed a few more.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-2904426960353565512009-12-02T20:49:55.934-07:002009-12-02T20:49:55.934-07:00Well, you're not going to get me to make excus...Well, you're not going to get me to make excuses for the American historical academy, which is paid to miseducate our children.<br /><br />But I didn't know the Shay's or the St. Louis either, and simply guessed right about the Stamp Act.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-82580414856139324172009-12-02T19:45:18.210-07:002009-12-02T19:45:18.210-07:00A historian thought this wasn't a slam dunk? ...A historian thought this wasn't a slam dunk? What was he/she a historian of?Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-41338850450725551982009-12-02T19:32:11.244-07:002009-12-02T19:32:11.244-07:00Well done, Erp. Very well done!
I got the test v...Well done, Erp. Very well done!<br /><br />I got the test via NRO, which printed this email:<br /><br /><i>Actually, the test was fairly difficult. I'm a historian, and I only got 23 of 27 correct. For example, I didn't know that Shay's Rebellion caused the sending of delegates to the Continental Congress, or that there was action in St. Louis during the Revolution. Some were pathetically simple, but it wasn't the slam dunk they would have you think.</i>Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-1234511243928666402009-12-02T19:11:07.550-07:002009-12-02T19:11:07.550-07:0024 out of 27 and I should have gone with my gut fe...24 out of 27 and I should have gone with my gut feeling on two of the three I missed.Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-54751382617314450582009-12-02T17:14:33.985-07:002009-12-02T17:14:33.985-07:00And here are the answers:
1.)a
2.)d
3.)c
4.)d
5.)...And here are the answers:<br /><br />1.)a<br />2.)d<br />3.)c<br />4.)d<br />5.)d<br />6.)d<br />7.)d<br />8.)d<br />9.)a<br />10.)d<br />11.)b<br />12.)d<br />13.)d<br />14.)b<br />15.)a<br />16.)d<br />17.)b<br />18.)a<br />19.)b<br />20.)c<br />21.)c<br />22.)b<br />23.)d<br />24.)a<br />25.)c<br />26.)a<br />27.)b<br /><br />So how did you do?Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.com