Such a stupid test. Why do we make people do this? How does passing this show that they will be any better of a citizen than someone who couldn't pass this? Shouldn't it at least be current? Why does an immigrant care what we bought in 1803?
Yeah! Knowledge makes no difference in any person's life! Knowing stuff is stupid!!!!! We'll never make the same mistakes again because of instincts and luck and good looks!
Did you expect the 2nd and 3rd time to suddenly get a lot wrong? Was that the terrifying part? "Ok maybe this time I ll get a few wrong... What??! still got everything right? Man.. not again..."
9/20. Looks like Britain gets to keep me ;) I’ve seen some versions of ours and the questions are just as odd... was surprised they don’t include more practical ones. Maybe because that kind of knowledge changes faster depending on trends, election results etc and so ‘correct’ answers would constantly need to be updated??
If a Guatamalan migrant fleeing drug cartels needs to know the answers to these questions, so should every politician in America, including Supreme Court nominees.
I do... but... I would HOPE that SC justices have studied the Constitution more than I have. The question I was thinking of was about the first amendment.
some of them border on that. Particularly the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. Though, like all religious people, Americans tend to cherry pick which parts of the Constitution they believe are important or even know about, and it's always up for interpretation.
In my experience, when conservatives talk about "the Constitution," they really just mean the Second Amendment. That, and occasionally a tragicomic misunderstanding of what "free speech" means.
Not "all" religious people cherry pick what we religious people feel are important. Maybe some or even most, but not all. Be careful when using that word.
it's so close to all that to say all is preferable to finding fault with saying all. It's almost impossible to conceive of someone who didn't do that, in fact, given how voluminous the texts of certain religions are and how rife with contradictions they also are. Though of course the cherry pickers who think they're somehow more special than the other cherry pickers they feel have picked the wrong cherries will deny, credulously, that those even exist.
Not the same thing. Signing up for selective service means that you are registered as a potential draftee. Signing up for military service means actually joining the military. I did the former, but not the latter.
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"..."Not surprising Men quote 'em. Don't act surprised you guys, cause I wrote 'em" -Thomas Jefferson
"Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution entitled The Federalist Papers"
Although "What did they say to get you to sell New York City down the river? / Or did you know even then it doesn't matter where you put the U.S. Capital?" might mislead you to saying New York City for the capital city question.
Of course synonyms for "assemble" should be allowed. The First Amendment secures certain freedoms — the specific word itself is malleable and less important than what the word represents.
When Kurt Gödel, famous for his incompleteness theorem that postulated that every formal system will have some irreconcilable inconsistencies (I'd explain it better, but I can't--even this is probably wrong), was being driven from Princeton to Philadelphia to take his citizenship test, he told the fellow faculty member driving him that he intended to tell the examiner of a number of logical inconsistencies he had found in the Constitution. His driver talked him out of it.
Quizmaster wasn't kidding about the official test being much easier; here is the official practice test from the U.S. Government: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008
Sorry mate, you’ll have to be deported. Actually, I guess since it’s been 19 months since your post you’ll already have been. :-( Unless they’re still messing with you and you’re currently wandering around Martha’s Vineyard?
I must have been overtired, clicked on this quiz, glanced at the title and for some reason read UK Citizenship test. Thought question 1 was weird, but when “God Save the Queen” didn’t work I spent a good few seconds trying to decide if it there was another, arcane, official name I’d not heard of before, or whether some daft Yank (no offence) had butchered it.
I did manage to get full marks though so, if someone can disregard my ‘daft yank’ remark and send me the appropriate paperwork? What jobs do you have for Brit’s anyway? Is it still mainly wise-cracking butlers and haughty librarians? Or do you still need ridiculously aristocratic maîtres d’, who for some reason still work in restaurants, despite clearly being members of the English nobility?
As an American citizen I can proudly say I got the first three, the three branches, and the two parts of Congress correct. Also the Louisiana purchase one because I researched the Napoleonic wars a bit ago.
Btw, the three branches you talk about is the separation of power theorized by Montesquieu (for reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers). You probably know that, but as an european that seemed to obvious and broad to be asked in a us specific quiz. It might be me tho
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"..."Not surprising Men quote 'em. Don't act surprised you guys, cause I wrote 'em" -Thomas Jefferson
"Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution entitled The Federalist Papers"
Or just go to a way closer country AUSTRALIA
I am obviously meant to be a stateless person...
I am qualified to be a citizen in a country I live in already. Woohoo!Oops, this is an American test, so I should write: learned.
By the way, on a day-to-day basis, how often do U.S. citizens actually use and need this information?
I did manage to get full marks though so, if someone can disregard my ‘daft yank’ remark and send me the appropriate paperwork? What jobs do you have for Brit’s anyway? Is it still mainly wise-cracking butlers and haughty librarians? Or do you still need ridiculously aristocratic maîtres d’, who for some reason still work in restaurants, despite clearly being members of the English nobility?
what am i going to do with my dirt poor, wanting-to-be-american european self! ...