Could you pass the US Citizenship test?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2008-07-02 11:52am

75%. Would've been higher if I hadn't read the question about "when the Constitution" was written as "when the Declaration of Independence". I must've read the two questions juxtapose together.

Still only a quarter of it wrong and it's been oh four years since I last been in a US history class.

Maxentius · Post by **Maxentius** » 2008-07-02 11:55am

18/20.

Totally spaced the amendment thing, the Chief Justice too. I'm not sure how many of the other questions I got for wont of actually being a good citizen, or just because I'm a tremendous history nerd.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2008-07-02 12:04pm

18/20

Who's even heard of Susan B. Anthony?

Kodiak · Post by **Kodiak** » 2008-07-02 12:09pm

Hawkwings wrote:18/20

Who's even heard of Susan B. Anthony?

Anyone who's gotten change from a post-office stamp machine?

Post by **Gandalf** » 2008-07-02 12:17pm

16/20.

For all the wanking about 1776 and the constitution, I thought the two would be linked.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2008-07-02 12:25pm

20/20.

That test is both easy and stupid--it does not test people for the sort of knowledge that I think real citizens should have, but on the other hand the questions really do come from all over in US history, so I can see that someone from another country would have to study a broad range of topics in order to pass.

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2008-07-02 12:27pm

This has got to be the stupidest thing I've seen all week. I was expecting this test to include something that actually matters, like "why do all states have the same number of senators regardless of population?", but instead it was just a bunch of wanking about unimportant numbers and Susan B. Anthony.

How could anybody possibly take this seriously? How could anybody respect someone who takes this seriously?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-07-02 12:28pm

Gandalf wrote:16/20.

For all the wanking about 1776 and the constitution, I thought the two would be linked.

The only reason I knew it was that I watched The Highlander too many times, and I remembered the line where MacLeod reminisces about about how the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, so I figured the Constitution must have come quite a bit later.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2008-07-02 12:31pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Gandalf wrote:16/20.

For all the wanking about 1776 and the constitution, I thought the two would be linked.
The only reason I knew it was that I watched The Highlander too many times, and I remembered the line about how the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, so I figured the Constitution must have come quite a bit later.

I assumed that when they signed the declaration, they also wrote a constitution for the new country.

Ohma · Post by **Ohma** » 2008-07-02 12:39pm

I have no idea how many voting members of the House of Representatives there are.

Mr. T · Post by **Mr. T** » 2008-07-02 12:45pm

17/20 or 85%. This Canadian knows more then most Americans

The questions were pretty much what I expected, namely they're probably identical to what's asked on a highschool history test.

UCBooties · Post by **UCBooties** » 2008-07-02 12:45pm

Gandalf wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Gandalf wrote:16/20.

For all the wanking about 1776 and the constitution, I thought the two would be linked.
The only reason I knew it was that I watched The Highlander too many times, and I remembered the line about how the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, so I figured the Constitution must have come quite a bit later.
I assumed that when they signed the declaration, they also wrote a constitution for the new country.

Nope, first we had to win the war. Then we had the articles of confederacy which gave most important responsibilities (including the printing of money) to the individual states. That went tits up in short order and they hammered out an actual government so the states wouldn't starve/go to war with one another.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-07-02 12:50pm

20/20, but it's like bragging I scored perfect on an intelligence test designed for 5 year olds considering that I'm a US citizen who has lived here my entire life.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-07-02 12:51pm

sketerpot wrote:This has got to be the stupidest thing I've seen all week. I was expecting this test to include something that actually matters, like "why do all states have the same number of senators regardless of population?", but instead it was just a bunch of wanking about unimportant numbers and Susan B. Anthony.

Because multiple-choice questionnaires are about as complicated as the paper-pushers in immigration are capable of handling?

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-07-02 12:56pm

General Zod wrote:
sketerpot wrote:This has got to be the stupidest thing I've seen all week. I was expecting this test to include something that actually matters, like "why do all states have the same number of senators regardless of population?", but instead it was just a bunch of wanking about unimportant numbers and Susan B. Anthony.
Because multiple-choice questionnaires are about as complicated as the paper-pushers in immigration are capable of handling?

From the article in the OP:

NOTES: Candidates are not given multiple choices in the naturalization interview. The following questions have been adapted from the immigration service’s sample questions.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2008-07-02 01:09pm

I got 19/20. I really thought Susan B. Anthony designed the flag. Stupid cartoons, giving me false information.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2008-07-02 01:14pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:I got 19/20. I really thought Susan B. Anthony designed the flag. Stupid cartoons, giving me false information.

Silly Wookiee, Trix are for kids!

You're confusing Betsy Ross (as portrayed in the original 'America Rock' cartoons) with Susan B Anthony,

loomer · Post by **loomer** » 2008-07-02 01:16pm

9/20. But screw it, if I ever need to immigrate, I'll just crack open a history book. Problem bloody well solved.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2008-07-02 01:35pm

20/20

I've lived here my whole life though, and actually paid attention in school.

Eris · Post by **Eris** » 2008-07-02 01:59pm

20/20, as I am a history geek who lives in the US. That said, I think there was all of two or three questions that I'd have on a citizenship test, and those were related to the rights you have. And even they were kind of iffy, given that they were asking where the rights were located in the Constitution, rather than what rights you have in and of itself.

I've always wondered if the trivial pursuit style of test for this was related more to jingoism or incompetent test design. I'm still not really sure about that.

chitoryu12 · Post by **chitoryu12** » 2008-07-02 02:04pm

13/20, technically 14/20. I missed everything on the justices, president during World War I (I misread it as World War II), didn't know about the number of people in the House of Representatives, senatorial terms, when the Constitution was written, and I thought that New Hampshire wasn't an original colony instead of Maine.

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2008-07-02 02:07pm

15/20. American history and laws aren't my thing really, I prefer the overall system, events and politics, not quoting the Bill or Delaware, not Maine as a founding state

. (And I work with bloody US personnel

).

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2008-07-02 02:12pm

Zed Snardbody · Post by **Zed Snardbody** » 2008-07-02 02:13pm

19/20 Damn amendment count threw me.

The Spartan · Post by **The Spartan** » 2008-07-02 02:39pm

19/20

Screwed up the number of amendments.