Civic Genius

Events
- It’s Your America
Learn
Media
About
Contact

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Support

Quiz: Civic & Social Life

February 23, 2020

How many Americans say they have meaningful in-person interactions every day? High school civics classes are great, but what’s even better? Take the quiz to find out.

About how many Americans say they have meaningful in-person social interactions, like having an extended conversation with a friend or spending quality time with family, on a daily basis?
- A quarter
- A third
- Half
- Two-thirds
Researchers estimate that loneliness:
- Shortens a person's life by 15 years
- Is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day
- Makes a cancer patient less responsive to treatment
- All of the above
The rate of suicide in the U.S. has increased steadily over the past two decades. The suicide rate in 2017 was __ percent higher than in 1999.
- 22
- 33
- 44
- 55
The same 2018 study found which generation reported being most lonely:
- The Greatest Generation
- Baby Boomers
- Millennials
- Generation Z
According to a survey from 2019, ___ percent of Americans think that our trust in other people has been shrinking in recent years.
- 44
- 54
- 64
- 74
Research shows that people who are less trusting of other people tend to be more trusting of institutions.
- True
- False
Volunteering is linked with both mental and physical health benefits, including lower blood pressure and reduced feelings of depression.
- True
- False
A 2018 study found that high school students who had greater knowledge of civics were two percent more likely to vote in a presidential election eight years later. But another factor had a much bigger impact on their likelihood of voting, increasing it by an astounding 141 percent:
- Participating in extracurricular activities
- Reading fiction
- Staying off social media
- Traveling to another country
A 2018 University of Pennsylvania study of 143 undergraduates found that students who limited their social media use to __ minutes per day over three weeks reported being significantly less lonely and anxious.
- 10
- 30
- 60
- 75
In a 2019 study, researchers asked Democrats and Republicans how unpleasant it would be to listen to speeches by senators from the opposing party. Participants reported that the experience of actually listening to those speeches was consistently less unpleasant than they had anticipated.
- True
- False

Sign Up

Democracy only works when we do – so let’s get started. Sign up to get tools, news, and invitations to special events that will help us all build a stronger future.

Name

Email

Name

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Civic Genius

hello@ourcivicgenius.org

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Support

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy