Can you pass the citizenship test? Quizzes here!

[Maeve]

Take the quizzes

I scored above average on all but the last Advanced Quiz, getting 100% on most of the first 4--and yes, they tell you what you got wrong.

edited for spelling...twice

[rogerashton]

1. I couldn't get past the question

"who is president of the United States today?"

They wouldn't let me leave it blank.

[Maeve]

2. Yeah, I had to hold my nose on that one, too!

:P

[LynneSin]

3. I got 3 wrong on that first quiz

I mean, since they didn't have Al Gore listed for President I chose the last elected president which is Bill Clinton

And since Bill Clinton was picked for Prez, I gave Al Gore the VP (lieberman was not an option)

And the third one was who elects the president. I'm not sure why I got that one wrong since it was the Supreme Court that elected the last one

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

4. Quiz #2, question #4 "Who elects Congress"

It was so damn tempting to pick "The Lobbyists".

[GOPisEvil]

5. Hey - I did pretty well!

But, thankfully, when I became a citizen, I didn't have to take a test (I was under 16)

[dsc]

6. Those advanced ones are interesting

I actually did as poorly as 60% on two of them.

[trotsky]

8. And the advanced ones reveal a right-wing bias

Asking about why Clinton was impeached. No, he did NOT lie to a grand jury (what happened between him & Monica did NOT fit the definition of "sexual relations" given by Jones' lawyers) and therefore did NOT obstruct justice, especially since Jones' suit was THROWN OUT!

Grrrr....

[FlashHarry]

7. I did well, too. Despite these glaringly bad questions:

I got all the basic ones right, except this one:

Question #10
What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens?

A: The right to vote
B: The right to privacy
C: The right to gather with others
D: Free speech

I said 'Free Speech.' Silly me. Personally, I think all these rights are important. To me, the question seems very subjective.


I also liked this one:


Question #22
What are the two major political parties in the United States?

A: Labor and Republican
B: Democrat and Conservative
C: Republican and Democrat
D: Democrat and Green

Democrat Party???

[dsc]

15. The reason you missed that

is that the others are rights that are given to citizen and non citizen alike.

[FlashHarry]

17. Ah ha! Sneaky bastards!

However, the fact that they are granted to all is immaterial; the question was which was 'most important.' Logically, all four are granted to citizens (the remaining three are granted to non-citizens, too), therefore the question of which is 'most important' is still subjective. I maintain that free speech is more important than the right to vote--in my opinion.

On edit: I think you hit the nail on the head as to what they were driving at. It's unfortunate that it was worded poorly.

[trotsky]

19. I agree with you, FlashHarry.

"Most important" is highly subjective, and has no place in a test like this.

If the point was to enumerate the right granted ONLY to citizens, then it should have been phrased differently.

[BrotherBuzz]

9. INS form numbers?

I havn't a clue...

[Aristus]

10. I agree. The questions were poorly worded.

I got 100% on the last three advanced quizzes.

[youngred]

11. Let's see

Quiz 1: 100%
Quiz 2: 100%
Quiz 3: 96% - missed the naturalization form, never needed to know :shrug:
Quiz 4: 100%
Advanced Quiz 1: 80% -note it drops to 5 questions, I missed one
Advanced Quiz 2: 100%
Advanced Quiz 3: 80%
Advanced Quiz 4: 100%
Advanced Quiz 5: 100%

That said, some of these I don't understrand the relevance (what does the UN do? What ship did the pilgrims come over on?) and others I know to be half-truths but went with the generally accepted mythcial answer about our heritage.

[omshanti]

12. hm... what should I answer for number 15?

Question #15

Who elects the president of the United States?
A: The people.
B: The states.
C: The Supreme Court.
D: The electoral college

The correct answer is C, no? :evilgrin:

[FlashHarry]

13. I sooo wanted to hit 'C'

[LynneSin]

14. I did hit "C"

I have standards you know

[TrogL]

16. I must be spending too much time on here

quiz 1 97%

[Hawkeye-X]

20. Here's mine

First 4 quizzes, missed one question. INS was included. Above national average.

1st advanced quiz - 60%
2nd advanced quiz - 100%
3rd advanced quiz - 100%
4th advanced quiz - 60% (I didn't know about Custer and Clinton's impeachment. I said nothing on that one)
5th advanced quiz - 60% (Missed the first woman Senator and legislation on finance)

[NightTrain]

18. Didn't have time to take the advanced quizzes

But I got 100% on Quiz 1, and only had one wrong on the subsequent three. Not bad, if I do say so myself!