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Recent polls suggest that Americans are woefully in the dark when it comes to balancing the federal budget. Test your budget IQ by taking the Center for American Progress’s quiz below.
Photos from AP, except questions 3 (OECD), 6 (US Navy), and 11 (iStockPhoto).