Political IQ
Short Quiz (10 questions, 2 minutes)
Long Quiz (100 questions, 20 minutes)
What is Political IQ?
Political IQ is your ability to understand politics. This is a short test that measures your ability to understand politics. This is built on the research of Kumerji et al., concerning the density of dendritic spines in the brain. This test will accurately predict your numerical and verbal IQ to within two standard deviations (that's really accurate). In other words, this test determines how smart you are in all walks of life.
What are the questions?
Well, take the test and find out! But if you're too busy, here's a summary...
Questions of Economic Control
Control - People who believe in control believe that most industries should be nationalized and run by the government
Regulation - People who believe in regulation believe that the government must take a heavy hand in regulating private industry
Markets - People who believe in markets believe that the government must leave the market alone and not interfere with it
Questions of Personal Freedom
Freedom - People who believe in freedom believe that people should be free to criticize the government and leaders without consequences
Security - People who believe in security believe that the state must have powers to ensure that its people are safe
Truth - People who believe in truth believe that people should be held accountable for misleading statements and actions
Questions of Cultural Norms
Tradition - People who believe in tradition believe that laws should be in place to enforce traditional morals
Progress - People who believe in progress believe that laws should be in place to enforce the public good
Freedom - People who believe in freedom believe that people should be free to choose whether to follow traditional morals or the public good
Questions of Equality of Opportunity
Opportunity - People who believe in equality of opportunity believe that people should all have an equal chance to succeed. Those who do the best with their opportunity are rewarded more.
Outcome - People who believe in equality of outcome believe that there should be limits to how much or how little you can earn to ensure that everyone is able to get by
Burden - People who believe in equality of burden believe that no person should have to give up a disproportionate amount of what they have earned to allow others to be able to succeed
Questions about how big the government should be
Democracy - People who believe in democracy believe that the popular will should govern.
Authority - People who believe that those in power should have absolute authority with or without the popular will.
Minarchy - People who believe in minarchy believe that the government should be small or even non-existent.
Questions about Foreign Policy
Imperialism - People who believe in impreialism believe that their nation has the right to influence other nations for its own gain.
Isolationism - People who believe in isolationism believe that their nation should not get involved with the other nations, instead focusing on itself.
Globalism - People who believe in globalism believe that their nation should ally and influence other nations for the benefit of the world's population.
Bilingual?
The website is set up so the quiz can support multiple languages. If you know a language that's not on here (or spot a typo/error in one that is), feel free to open an issue or send an email to brulgobulbers@gmail.com to help translate it. :)