Citizen Awareness & Involvement Quiz


Take a few minutes and try this.
There are no trick questions.
It's a 'morning after' look in the mirror.
It's painless and very enlightening

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Answers: Yes = 1;  No = 0      List Highest Frequency Number
Yes / No
Frequency
1.     Is government controlling too much of your life? 1
2.     Do you feel you are worse off now than five years ago? 2
3.     Do you know what your share of the National Debt is? 3
4.     Do you know how many zeros there are in a trillion? 4
5.     Do you believe you can affect the financial problems of this country? 5
6.     Do you get any news on a daily basis      (If so, where) 6 
6a.   Ntwk TV   CableTV     Radio      Papers     (1-4 possible) 6a
7.     Do you read a newspaper        (If so, which section) 7
7a.   National     Local    Op/Ed     Business     (1-4 possible) 7a
8.     Which television news programs make up your news sources  8
8a.   National   Local  CNN  C-SPAN       (1-4 possible) 8a
8b.   How many days a week  8b
8c.          1    2    3    4    5    6    7     (1-7 possible) 8c
9.     Have you, as an adult, been to Washington, DC to see your heritage? 9
10.   Have you, as an adult, ever read the Declaration of Independence? 10
11.   Have you, as an adult, ever read the Constitution of the United States? 11
12.   Have you, as an adult, ever read your state Constitution? 12
13.   Do you feel you have easy access to federal policy information? 13
14.   Do you feel you have easy access to state policy information? 14
15.  Did you vote in these past elections?            (If so, how many times) 15
15a.      2000  1996    1994   1992   1990   1988   1986      (0-7 possible) 15a
16.   Do you know what federal voting district you live in? 16
17.   Do you know who your federal Senators are? 17
18.   Have you ever written your federal Senators?       (If yes, how often) 18
18a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7                (1-7 possible) 18a
19.   Have you ever talked to your federal Senators?      (If yes, how often) 19
19a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7                      (1-7 possible) 19a
20.   Do you know who your  federal Representative is? 20
21.   Have you ever written your federal Representative? (If yes, how often)  21
21a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7              (1-7 possible) 21a
22.   Have you ever talked to your federal Representative? (If yes, how often) 22
22a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7             (1-7 possible) 22a
23.   Do you know what state voting district you live in? 23
24.   Do you know who your state Senator is? 24
25.   Have you ever written your state Senator?           (If yes, how often) 25
25a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7                   (1-7 possible) 25a
26.   Have you ever talked to your state Senator? (If yes, how often) 26
26a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7             (1-7 possible) 26a
27.   Do you know who your state Representative is? 27
28.   Have you ever written your state Representative?    (If yes, how often) 28
28a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7            (1-7 possible) 28a
29.   Have you ever talked to your state Representative?  (If yes, how often) 29
29a.    1    2    3    4    5    6    7           (1-7 possible) 29a
30. Do you think term limits will make Congress  worse? 30
31. Do you feel you can control the outcome of the federal Congress? 31
32. Do you feel you can control the outcome of your state legislature? 32
33. Do you feel that as you get older you want to get more involved? 33

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 Yes / No Frequency

 
Scoring Guidelines for the Citizen Awareness and Involvement Quiz
There are two categories of answers. The 33 yes - no questions and the 82 frequency questions.
If you answered between 1-8  yes and had 1-15 frequency you are an immediate and prime candidate for Renaissance 2000's awareness programs and goals, which will help you be an effective citizen.
If you answered between 9-16 yes and had 16-30 frequency you need brushing up with Renaissance 2000's awareness and involvement programs, which will help you be an effective citizen.
If you answered between 17-24 yes and had 31-50 frequency you are within sight of being effective and making a difference.
If you answered between 25-33 yes and had 51-82 frequency you should be congratulated and encouraged to share this with your friends because citizen networking, encouragement and education is the only way you can get your country back
Whatever level you find yourself at, we can help you achieve a comfortable, participating level. The key to having simple, quality information that you can use to actualize the most basic credo of our founders, Citizen Involvement.
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