Here's a chance to see if you're on the road to being a savvy voter. The following questions are all based on material in our Political Primer. Click on one answer to each question, and then click the submit button to check out your smarts.

1. For your signature to count on an initiative petition, you must:

   a. Be a registered voter
   b. Have voted in the last general election
   c. Be at least 18 years old
   d. Support the initiative proposal
   

2. How much can an individual contribute to a candidate's primary election campaign for the U.S. Senate?

   a. $1,100
   b. $5,000
   c. $10,000
   d. No limit
   

3. Why was the 1936 Literary Digest poll so wrong?

   a. The poll sampled only subscribers to the magazine
   b. The poll sampled only people who owned cars and telephones
   c. The margin of error was greater than 50%
   d. The poll was conducted too long before the election
   

4. Approximately how many signatures does it take to qualify an initiative for the ballot in Washington?

   a. 181,000 registered voters
   b. 181,000 legal residents
   c. 40% of the turnout at the last general election
   d. 20% of the turnout at the last general election
   

5. In a recent poll, Candidate A received a 52% approval rating. The poll had a margin of error of four percentage points. That means the actual predicted approval rating was:

   a. 50-54%
   b. 52-56%
   c. 48-56%
   d. 52%
   

6. Where are you likely to see a "wedge issue" being used?

   a. In a push poll
   b. In a news article
   c. In an exit poll
   d. In a campaign ad
   

7. What will you find on a political score card?

   a. Results of the latest tracking poll
   b. Won-lost record on major votes
   c. Ratings from special-interest groups
   d. List of major campaign contributors
   

8. You want to conduct a poll that will predict the outcome of the presidential race. Which of these groups would you choose to poll to get the best results:

   a. 500 people, randomly picked among shoppers at a local mall
   b. A random selection of 500 high school students
   c. 500 people, randomly picked from the telephone book
   d. 500 people, dialing phone numbers at random
   

9. When was the first citizen initiative filed in the state of Washington?

   a. 1900
   b. 1914
   c. 1932
   d. 1946
   

10. Which person's presidential campaign was derailed by character questions?

    a. Bill Clinton
    b. Gary Hart
    c. Thomas Jefferson
    d. Eugene McCarthy