Here’s a 96 question test for you to see how knowledgeable you are about our country. An interesting question, given how often we hear about how bad the schools have become, is how well would the high school grads from this year would do. Another one would be how would they (or the general population) do against a group from another country? I’d like to see how candidates for President would do.
In order to become a US citizen, immigrants must pass the Naturalization Test. American citizenship bestows the right to vote, improves the likelihood of family members living in other countries to come and live in the US, gives eligibility for federal jobs, and can be a way to demonstrate loyalty to the US. Applicants must get 6 answers out of 10 in an oral exam to pass the test. According to US Citizenship and Immigration services, 92 percent of applicants pass this test.
You must get 58 or more of these test questions correct in order to pass.
Got bored of the page refreshes at Q.40
Had got 29 right and 11 wrong
Worse than I thought I would do :-
Who is the vice pres ….. guessed correctly
What party is the pres from ….. got it wrong lol
I missed one because I read it incorrectly. Got the other 96 correct.
The question I liked:
I am Dutch, and listen to NoAgenda. I got 74 of 96 correct. ’nuff said.
What a miserable format for a long test. Kudos to any who finished it. I only lasted for 10 questions!
Patiently waded through the pitiful quiz for a score of 96/96. I would hope my former civics students would do almost as well.
I did not cheat and usually the correct answer was my 2nd choice.
77%
I got them all right but one – I forgot how many amendments there were to the Constitution – I said 21. I was shocked by how easy the exam actually. How does knowing someone’s name teach you anything about government? Also, why is it important to know the name of a war and when it took place? How does that make anyone a better citizen?
I posted this to MetaFilter
http://metafilter.com/108980/Challenging-ALL-MeFites
… The hive mind will dissect and offer up productive content-related information.
90 out of 96. If that’s actually material for a citizenship exam, I think it’s reasonable. Not biased, fact based, idealistic.
Well got 88% USA here I come : P
Got 97% (93/96). One was an incorrect read. Surprised I made it through considering it was so boring. I could’ve passed this before I was ten.
This is a story WHY? I got 96 out of 96, no Google-ing required. These were BASIC grade school/High School questions.
What ocean lies to the east of the United States?
How stupid are these people?
It’s a pretty broken web test. Has to load every whole page twice for each question/answer. Gets into picky dates. Why not ask which WEEK the Constitution was finally ratified by all? Okay, so I missed that.
Be nice if you had to pass this in order to register to vote, though.
Every CANDIDATE for Public Office should pass a Constitutional Law Test, a US History Test, and Perhaps a World History Test as well – seeing how POORLY THE REPUKE CANDIDATES ARE and EMBARRASSING THE GOP with their IGNORANCE of such FACTS !!! (Of course, Repukes and Baggers don’t want to be CONFUSED WITH OR BY THE FACTS – ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CONFLICTS WITH THEIR THUMPIN “RELIGION”
93/96. I’m not even American.
So this test is about 8th grade US History/Civics and maybe 5th grade Geography (are you smarter than a 5th grader?) – We should give it to every Candidate and REJECT ANY that doesn’t score 100% !!! That should ELIMINATE ALL THE CURRENT REPUKES !!!
93 out of 96. One was due to a misreading. One was 1789 vs. 1787 for the writing of the Constitution. The other I had John Adams as being a writer of the Constitution when I know damned well it should have been Madison…I clicked too fast, but considering the dismal format and refresh rate, I’d give myself that one.
Actually not a bad test for very basic knowledge about the US. You’d most likely be surprised how many people living here don’t know where the Atlantic Ocean is, much less who takes over if both the President and VP are out of service.
JimD, Obama said there were 57 states, and about people speaking Austrian. Biden said Pres Roosevelt went on TV after the stock market crash.