Can you pass the immigrant citizenship test?

[pokerfan]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/?GT1=8211

When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview. Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones.

[Ava]

1. i passed

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)

[SouthernLiberal]

2. Sure could!

95% correct.. just missed one about the form number for
applying for citizenship. 

[Anarcho-Socialist]

6. Hey you

We're the prolific poster aren't we? :hi:

[Ava]

23. haha! lol

how are ya? :hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

3. Holy crapola. Perfect score.

I must admit I wildly guessed that application form thing.

[Ava]

4. that's the only one i got wrong

darn it! i hate being a perfectionist! LOL ;)

[pokerfan]

7. I guessed that one correctly too

But I messed up on #9 for a 95%.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. I totally guessed on that one and also got it right.

;)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

5. I got 95%

I got the "Give me liberty or give me death" question wrong.

Not bad for a Briton.

[pokerfan]

10. Patrick Henry was a bloody rebel!

Complete quote from March 23, 1775: http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

[LaurenG]

8. I did OK, I missed 2

8. Which of the following amendments to the Constitution does NOT address or guarantee voting rights?
24th Amendment is not correct.
7th Amendment

and the INS


You answered 90% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

0-20%: Maybe you're still thinking too much about the Old Country -- and that's where you should probably be.

25-40%: Mmmm. Do you really want to be a citizen? This kind of performance isn't going to impress those nice immigration folks.

45-60%: Not too bad, but you really need to break out the civics books again -- word is, the INS is looking for an 80 percent score.

65-80%: Hey, you may make a good citizen yet! Look at your wrong answers and a little revision should do the trick.

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)

Scroll down to see answers for each question. Also, please let us know what you think about the quiz. The feedback is appreciated.

[City Lights]

12. Me too. I missed the same two questions also.

:toast:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. Got them all except

the form number for naturalization.

[Book Lover]

11. 100%! I even got the application one right

But that was a guess...

[jobycom]

13. Why was it a guess? It's called "Application for Naturalization"

I got em all, and I don't see how the majority of them have a darned thing to do with becoming an American citizen. They ought to ask relevant stuff, about voting, laws, rights of accused, etc. Would seem more practical than knowing how many stripes there are.

[Book Lover]

27. As I recall, another choice sounded equally valid

Something like "Naturalization Form 322." I do agree that these questions seem to test trivia. Perhaps these were gleaned from the test by the news folks who looked past more real-life questions for their angle?

[jobycom]

28. It said "Petition for Naturalization."

You could be right on the other questions not chosen.

[sakabatou]

45. 95%

[NYdemocrat089]

14. 95% I got the question about who can declare war wrong.

:patriot:

I think it would be funny to give this test to the kids in my high school class. I guarentee most would fail (although we haven't taken high school American History yet).

[sendero]

15. I got...

.... 100% which surprised me since I wasn't really sure on 2-3 of the questions.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

16. 100%...

I'd kick ass... of course, I'm not planning to naturalize for a while.

[otherlander]

17. 95. But I'm guessing the actual test might be harder.

[Deja Q]

18. I got the adoption and written dates REVERSED.

Otherwise passed.

Question 13 is a non-sequitur. One must be natural-born citizen YET live in the US for 14 years... In 1787, who was thinking of flying back to England or anywhere else?!

[pokerfan]

21. The 14 year residency requirement

was designed to keep Franklin out of office. :)

[GOPisEvil]

19. Woohoo! As a Naturalized American, you bet your ass I passed!

Perfect Score!

Of course I was naturalized as a child, so I didn't have to take no stinkin' test. :P

[Broken_Hero]

20. 80%...i'm a citizen!

yay!...:toast: first rounds on me...;)

[TN al]

22. 100%

what do I win?

[Floogeldy]

24. 95%

So New Hampshire wasn't an original state. Big fuckin' deal. ;)

[Random_Australian]

25. Random_Australian!!!! BWAHAHAHA!! Too funny! (50% + spoilers)

You answered 50% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:



45-60%: Not too bad, but you really need to break out the civics books again -- word is, the INS is looking for an 80 percent score.

:rofl::rofl:

Btw DU'ers, what is the Aussie form to become a citizen? I got yours right!

:rofl:

1. How many stripes are there on the U.S. flag?
Correct
13

:rofl:

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Correct
July 4, 1776

And when did Aust become a nation, might I ask?

:rofl:

I must just be lucky!

[BigMcLargehuge]

26. 85% here (spoilers)

missed the ammendment not guaranteeing voting rights (7th). and I missed the who chooses supreme court justices question because it the answers were stupidly worded. The president appoints and the senate confirms, thus BOTH are responsible for choosing a supreme court justice. But only given a choice between president and senate, I chose Senate as they have final say, and that was incorrect according to the test because the president appoints the nominee who goes before the Senate for confirmation.

[ironflange]

29. Here's the Canadian test, if you have the guts!

http://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship

For an extra challenge, do it in French!

BTW, I scored 95% on the US test. How the hell was I supposed to know which form to fill out?

[pokerfan]

31. 80%

But I only took the first five.

I knew Nunavut was a recent territory, not just how recent.


Got the following right:

When did the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms become part of the Canadian Constitution?

Which animal is an official symbol of Canada?

How many electoral districts are there in Canada?

What should you do if you do not receive a voter information card?


But then again, Washington state is almost a Canadian province.

[TN al]

42. 20 questions 85%

Can I come and live in Canada?

[NMMNG]

30. I passed

You answered 100% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)




I did guess on the question about the form though.

[obreaslan]

32. Only 1 wrong. But I've never applied for citizenship...

So I didn't know the name of the form. :shrug:

[Blue-Jay]

39. Same here. That's the only one I had to guess at.

The rest were pretty easy.

[hippywife]

33. 85%! I'm in! n/t

[woo me with science]

34. 95 percent nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. 95%!

I missed the "Give me liberty or give me death"--For some asinine reason, I put Franklin, even though I was pretty sure it was Henry. D'oh!

:banghead:

Oh well. :)

[MissMillie]

37. The only one I didn't know was the one about the INS form

And I imagine there would be no need for me to ever know that, unless, of course, I worked for the INS.

[JVS]

38. 100%, but I think the question about the name of the form is BS in this

For people who are actually trying to get in, the name of that form must be very familiar. Asking a bunch of people who never need to use the form its name is kind of like asking about the town square of a small siberian city.

[Phillycat]

40. 95%. I got #8 wrong, otherwise all correct. Woo! nt

[LSK]

41. 100%

I had to guess on one or two of them thou.

[rockymountaindem]

43. Perfect score!

In all honesty, I guessed on the immigration form one, and I was kind of confused on the Supreme Court appointment question, as none of the answers were really correct.

[gizmonic]

44. Took the test to become a citizen

in '95. Piece 'o cake.

:patriot:

[Book Lover]

46. Are these questions representative of the ones from your test?

Some folks on this thread have said they think the questions should be less fluffy than these (personally, I agree). May I ask what your experience was? Thanks!

[Fox Mulder]

47. 19 out of 20.

:)

[Glorfindel]

48. 100%

n/t