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- busch30pack, on 01/28/2008, -12/+514I passed when I came out of my mother's vagina.
- slib, on 01/28/2008, -12/+410I've always felt that this test gets everything completely wrong. It mostly attempts to test one's individual patriotism (through trivial facts), rather than testing whether or not an individual has the basic knowledge to be a productive member in American society. Now, if they made sure to test people on their knowledge of their personal rights, that could do much more good than harm. They'd actually know something useful, as opposed to knowing the exact date George Washington cut down some tree.
- felman87, on 01/28/2008, -7/+287lets have all US citizens take this test, whatever their average score is, is what immigrants need to pass
- soulkitchen, on 01/28/2008, -6/+173A process that started when your dad came into your mother's vagina.
- cjpro, on 01/28/2008, -6/+158...We still have a constitution? I think this test may be a few years old.
- TomK88, on 01/28/2008, -4/+116What is the point in asking people these questions?
- Seomann, on 01/28/2008, -6/+101I applied, I passed and I am proud to call myself an American.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -28/+112Thankfully not.
- homesickalien, on 01/28/2008, -9/+92I personally believe, that considering one fifth of U.S. Americans can't locate the U.S. on a map...i doubt many will pass this.
- chrispix, on 01/28/2008, -0/+77I took this test 3 years ago to become a US Citizen. I was formally a British Citizen.
Some things to note. If you are younger than 55 (I think that was the age) you must pass a reading/writing/speaking test. In addition you must pass the 10 question test that was linked by this DIGG.
The reading/speaking portion was something along the lines of : reading a sentence out loud that was something like.
"The president of the United States lives at the White House"
The writing portion was writing a sentence like "I wish to become a US Citizen"
Now those test questions that were given there, were probably the hardest ones. Some of my test questions (only asked 7 as I answered the first 7 correct, and only needed 7 to 'pass') :
Where does the President of the United States Reside? (I asked in Crawford or Washington DC :P) then responded The White House.
Who is the President of the United States? (George W. Bush)
Who was the first President? (George Washington)
How many stripes on the flag? (13)
What do the stripes represent? (1st 13 colonies)
How many stars are on the flag? (50)
What is Old Glory? (The US Flag)
I think the last question was who takes over if the President can't finish his term (Vice President).
(Note : Test was revised Oct 1st of 2007)
You can find the WHOLE test bank of questions & answers here (it appears some have changed):
http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/100q.pd ...
Here is the comparison chart : http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/Compari ...
And a link for more info : http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb ... - AriaStar, on 01/28/2008, -6/+82Um, the government doesn't want anyone to know about personal rights, much less filthy immigrants. /sarcasm
- BigFuzzyArchon, on 01/28/2008, -5/+64Failed that.
- jasqwerty, on 01/28/2008, -3/+58Proud to say I had no clue what the answer to
>> 14. What U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services form is used to apply for naturalized citizenship?
was
But hey, I expect someone applying for citizenship would know something like this. - SLYK, on 01/28/2008, -4/+46Could have been the illegal that worked the farm during the day....
- rnawky, on 01/28/2008, -8/+46I got the Alaska question right and I guessed.
Thats about it. - madeingermany, on 01/28/2008, -2/+39because some people out there in our nation don't have maps
- gldfshnpcklejar, on 01/28/2008, -5/+39And I thought the replies couldn't be more crass than the original post. Great job soulkitchen! :)
- timbofirstblood, on 01/28/2008, -2/+35I agree. Most of the questions weren't that hard, but being able to recite the numbers of amendments pertaining to voting has nothing to do with citizenship; actually voting would be a mark of good citizenship. A test that asks questions about rights and responsibilities of citizens would be more appropriate than this one, which is mainly trivia.
- thebellmaster1x, on 01/28/2008, -3/+36Of course, because if you cannot "name the amendments (by number) that address voting rights," you deserve to be barred from the country.
(?!) - Kanidia, on 01/28/2008, -1/+30Nancy Pelosi has the "I am waiting until you die" look
- igeoffi, on 01/28/2008, -0/+24From the site: "To pass, one needs to answer 7 or 8 of 10 questions correctly."
- jub0r, on 01/28/2008, -7/+31Jebus! They're trying to be citizens, not run for public office. Why should they need to know all that crap? Even if I did know all the amendments to the Constitution by heart, I'm not allowed to interpret them. So, should I memorize every Supreme Court decision too?
Test them on English and give them some basic law questions like "Is it legal to do x, y, or x?" Also, make sure they have some kind of skill with which to support themselves so we aren't naturalizing new welfare recipients. - Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -0/+2310/14 here (11 if it still counts if you didn't know that the president has to have lived here for 14 years.)..
I suspect I'd have more of a clue as to what the form was called were I filing for it though... - wayback09, on 01/28/2008, -2/+20Probably not, but I'm pretty sure I can swim across the Rio Grande or hike through the desert for a few days.
- felman87, on 01/28/2008, -1/+19black and women voting don't count?
- johndi, on 01/28/2008, -0/+18You're preaching to the choir. Somehow I don't the marketing heathens at Boston.com are going to be interest in your sermon, but you should shoot them an e-mail.
- skyfire1, on 01/28/2008, -0/+18This article screams ad revenue cow. They could have fit all of those questions on one page.
- crazzy88ss, on 01/28/2008, -0/+17ya it didn't come across that way...
- Zarokima, on 01/28/2008, -4/+21Yay slavery and white male supremacy!
- poppacherry, on 01/28/2008, -3/+19the answer on that was... the answer to the previous question. but dont worry about it. you're already retarded enough to be a US citizen
- scotchtapeman, on 01/28/2008, -2/+18I think the main goal of the test is to reward those who show that they want to be a citizen by studying, because I know that a pool of questions is available. In other words, I wouldn't want it any easier. If you actually studied some of these trivial facts, you could easily make it.
- Caleb83, on 01/28/2008, -2/+18yeah, taking the citizenship test is what's keeping these immigrants from being legal.
- Azerael, on 01/28/2008, -1/+16That's the same amount (of Americans) who think the sun orbits the Earth. Probably the exact same people.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -4/+19I guessed Hawaii. I epic failed that test.
- Tiak, on 01/28/2008, -4/+19...got you blocked,
- bosssmiley, on 01/28/2008, -6/+20Ditto. Voting rights amendments? Who wrote "Star-Spangled Banner"? *a-duh*
I tend to agree that immigrants to a country should learn a sort of 'national catechism' that teaches them what the country stands for, who the founders were, what the values of the state are, when the major national holidays are and what they celebrate, etc. Makes it easier for people to get along with one another.
I'd be happy to learn this stuff about my new home if I moved abroad.
Dugg. - soulkitchen, on 01/28/2008, -1/+15WHAT?! is that ***** true?
- Malte33, on 01/28/2008, -0/+139/14 ... not bad for a german, i think ;-)
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -2/+15I'm guessing you have access to the pot vending machines in CA?
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -1/+14that's why we need to help people in iraq and such as
- INDOAZZ, on 01/28/2008, -1/+14OK got to admit some hard questions there. The real question is how many people can afford to apply?
- rpi22, on 01/28/2008, -8/+20what's citizenship?
- zerodaysoon, on 01/28/2008, -1/+13that was lame ariastar even for u, and im a fan of urs :-(
- Kanidia, on 01/28/2008, -1/+13I can speak english and I can't answer those questions. Then again, I'm Canadian.
- Brian48216, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12We might as well get rid of whatever fencing is left across the US/Mexico border and hand out leis
- gmillerd, on 01/28/2008, -10/+21I bet more Europeans could pass that than Americans.
- ravage86, on 01/28/2008, -1/+12Nope. I know this because nobody asked me, and statistics are unreliable.
- northernmunky, on 01/28/2008, -2/+13its true... this is why:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3RrqBqk14 - inactive, on 01/28/2008, -1/+11No, I'd just walk right across the border and be done with it!
- Synova, on 01/28/2008, -13/+2312/14. How many did you need to pass?
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