Could you pass the US citizenship test?

[CanadianChris 0]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/

 

I got 17/20. 16/20 is supposedly the bare minimum to qualify for citizenship.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I got 19/20, missed the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

[Perfxion 0]

18 of 20. I got the opening lines of the Constitution wrong, and how many amendments are attached to the Constitution. Yay, I are American now.

[MDH257 0]

19/20 - The one I got wrong was "Which was not an original state?". I should have gotten that one right, but it balanced out because I guessed correctly on "Which is not a federal power?".

[bob_barron 0]

20 out of 20.

 

That was pretty easy

[Dandy 0]

I have taken this test before so I got a 20/20. It was a Facebook app that I no longer have, but I think I got 19/20 the first time. I am glad that the test is at least this difficult (to those coming into the country).

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

I think question 21 should be "Sing the National Anthem"

 

 

[Red Baron 0]

60%

 

But really, why would I want to become an American anyways?

[King Kamala 0]

18/20

 

Got the Chief Justice and the opening lines of the constitution wrong. Drats.

[Maztinho 0]

Heh bearly made it.

 

Good thing I was born here.

[godthedog 0]

how did people get the chief justice wrong, we just got a new one.

[treble 0]

18/20.

 

Got when the Constitution was written and 2nd in line for the Presidency wrong.

[King Kamala 0]

I was confusing Samuel Alito and Roberts. I knew it was one of the two semi-new guys, I just picked the wrong one.

[Der Kommissar 0]

I had 18/20. I would have had 19/20 had I not changed my answer to the Constitutional Amendments question. I also missed the Senator question. Ah well. It was still pretty easy.

[MFer 0]

18/20...forgot about the Senate deal and I did have the right Chief Justice at first but I changed the answer.

[CanadianChris 0]

I missed the opening words of the Constitution (which I knew, but talked myself out of), the President during WWI (again, knew it but talked myself out of it) and the Chief Justice (no idea).

[Copper Feel 0]

Haha, you have to know the answers to those questions in order to live in America? Pointless.

[bob_barron 0]

Haha, you have to know the answers to those questions in order to live in America? Pointless.

 

No, it's to obtain an American citizenship

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

I got 19/20. I'm sort of surprised. I got the date wrong for the Constitution.

[Jingus 0]

17/20. I wasn't paying attention and misread one, didn't know the new supreme justice, and for some reason mixed up the opening words of the Declaration and the Constitution.

 

I am glad that the test is at least this difficult (to those coming into the country).

Actually it's harder. The real test doesn't have multiple choice, you've gotta really know the answer. Hell, it used to be a lot harder than this, I think at one point you had to name every single President in history, in chronological order. Legal immigration to this country is infamous for being needlessly complicated and taking way too damn long.

 

how did people get the chief justice wrong, we just got a new one.

Because I don't listen to the news anymore and generally don't give a shit about politics.

[bob_barron 0]

I think at one point you had to name every single President in history

 

Maybe back in the day but in government class we took the citizenship test, and it was nothing like that. I got an almost perfect score on that one

[Twisted Intestine 0]

I scored 30%! Woohoo!

 

Do they use different questions, or the same ones for every test? Because if they're the same, I can easily memorize 20 answers to become a US citizen.

[Perfxion 0]

batch of 100 questions, and any 20 could be on the test.

[Nighthawk 0]

I only missed how many years a senator is elected for, which makes sense because I don't vote.

[Cuban Linx 0]

I only got 6 correct, good thing i'm not planning on becoming a US citizen anytime soon.

[Ted the Poster 0]

18/20. Maybe I should watch the incentive video again.

 

"America: The happiness of your new world... forever!"

[Jingus 0]

A question to all the non-Americans on here. When someone immigrates to your country, do they have to take any tests like this? Just wondering if we're the only Super-Patriots in this regard.

[Copper Feel 0]

There's certainly nothing like this in Britain, thank God.

[Gary Floyd 0]

I got a 12/20. I don't know if I should be ashamed or not.

[Jingus 0]

There's certainly nothing like this in Britain, thank God.

yet ironically in American high school they tend to teach more about English history than any other foreign country