Can You Pass A U.S. Citizenship Test?

[coolwiththecool2 827]

Take it here, and depending on your internet you might have to wait 30 seconds for it to appear.

 

I got 44/50, at least I'm not a dumb default citizen.

[The Avatar 1,089]

46/50 - I'm surprised I did that good. The four I missed were 3, 6, 16, and 36.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

43/50 - Not bad for a Canadian citizen who has never really lived in the U.S.

[nos.17 5,120]

I just took it and got a 49/50. (Missed the one about Susan B Anthony).

 

But I also really wonder how many Americans today would not pass that. 30%? More?

[VMIUJcadet09 250]

I got a 46/50 and my wife got all 50/50!!!!

[BLANKBLANK 4,414]

I got 37/50 and I'm a Brit!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Nice 49/50

only missed the author of the federalist papers.

 

James madison

 

i picked John Adams.

 

wonder if those are the real questions. they seemed pretty easy.

[hym 358]

Got 50/50.  Guess I learned something in school after all.

[JP Schriefer 5,590]

35/50 living in the other side of the continent, that's good I think

[AkemiAzula 280]

43 out of 50. I passed.

[Haljackey 17,302]

41/50 but I did guess a lot

[Ganaram Inukshuk 906]

45/50 - Good enough.

Kinda surprised that it's more than just the kind of stuff you learn in US government classes, but also geography...

[riiga 233]

43/50, which is quite good for a European I'd say.

[TekindusT 3,809]

41/50, say the same as riiga.

[Easy Bakes 253]

I still dont think those were real test questions.

[hym 358]

I still dont think those were real test questions.

 

I think they are.  The US Citizenship and Immigration Services website has a practice test and it is asking the exact same questions with the exact same answer choices.

 

I think one of the differences here is that we were both born in the US and speak English as our primary language.  For an immigrant, that is likely not going to be the case, which will make the test more difficult to pass.  Plus it's an oral test apparently, so that means you have to actually know the answer, not successfully guess it from a list of possible choices.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

48/50.  I remembered a lot from school!

[Easy Bakes 253]

48/50.  I remembered a lot from school!

 

Did you get the wife to take it?

[Duke87 1,070]

49/50. For the one I missed the answer I gave was true, but it was supposed to be "all of the above" and I only picked one.

 

If this weren't a multiple choice test I definitely would have still scored in the upper 40s.

 

 

I doubt I could get a passing score on a similar test for any other country on the fly without studying, but it might be fun to try Canada's.

[Indiana Joe 1,750]

47, should have known the other 3.

[Durfsurn 539]

36/50

 

For an Aussie who doesn't take much interest in US history I think that is ok

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

It is an interesting test.  You wouldn't want to try the Canadian Citizenship Exam without a couple of months prep.

[Belfastsocrates 1,753]

43/50. 

 

Some of the correct answers are basic common sense for anyone with a passing interest in politics and apply to most countries. A few are a little more complicated by it's not overly onerous. 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

 

48/50.  I remembered a lot from school!

 

Did you get the wife to take it?

 

 

She scored a 37 (in a row?).  That's not bad for someone taking it in their second language who has little to no interest in politics.

[Mr Saturn64 742]

50/50 

 

Tis the life of a history geek.

[Easy Bakes 253]

 

 

48/50.  I remembered a lot from school!

 

Did you get the wife to take it?

 

 

She scored a 37 (in a row?).  That's not bad for someone taking it in their second language who has little to no interest in politics.

 

Not bad at all.

[Linoa06 1,374]

39, + 4 where the mouse derped and I choose the answer below -.-

[TekindusT 3,809]

Some of the correct answers are basic common sense for anyone with a passing interest in politics and apply to most countries. A few are a little more complicated by it's not overly onerous. 

 

The rest of the questions are answered correctly because of globalisation. We have seen a thousand times talk about the US Consitution and the Amendments on the Simpsons or other TV shows, we have seen thousand movies where the President (hopefully Morgan Freeman) meets with the Secretary of Whatever... I have really serious doubts I would score 41/50 in any other country's citizenship test.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Guaranteed fail almost any place else.  The Americans have been trumpeting their history and state papers world wide for years.  You'd think they had something extra special.

 

Simple question: Who was the first Prime Minister of Canada (no looking it up, now)?

Multiple Choice:

Pierre Elliot Trudeau

Sir Wilfred Laurier

Le Sieur de Champlain

Sir John A. MacDonald

William Lyon Mackenzie King.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Ill guess Le Sieur de Champlain