Could you pass a citizenship test?

Posted by freedomforall 7 years, 11 months ago to Entertainment
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24/24 100%


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  • Posted by JuliBMe 7 years, 11 months ago
    23/24 - Flubbed number of amendments to the Constitution. My bad. LOL
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 11 months ago
    What is the economic system in the United States?

    E) Cronyism on its way to socialism

    :(
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 11 months ago
    What are the two political parties:
    ...
    C) Law and Order
    ...

    We could only be that lucky...
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  • Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Actually, the number of Supreme Court Justices is currently nine but has been as little as three. There is nothing in the Constitution which dictates the magical number of nine. I almost wish it were an even number so that decisions were more clear-cut. Of course, if we had an objective Supreme Court rather than an ideologically biased one it probably wouldn't matter...
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  • Posted by Lnxjenn 7 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I remembered Chief Justice Roberts because that's what most people refer to him as in reports or whatnot... ANd I remembered 9 because we've had 8 for the last year... now we're back to
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  • Posted by Lnxjenn 7 years, 11 months ago
    24/24 for me as well! I could debate a couple of those ;) But I know the general answer they want. I passed the UK citizenship test with flying colors as well! (I'm not a citizen, but I have my permanent residency. I'm here for my other half and work...) But history on both countries are very rich and interesting!
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  • Posted by 7 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Same here on Roberts. I got the number of justices in part because I knew it had to be an odd number (so there are no tie votes.)

    Those were two questions that I would not have included if I wanted to determine an applicant's suitability as a potential productive American who values free markets and individual liberty.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 7 years, 11 months ago
    23/24. I was wrong on the number of Supreme Court justices 8 was my wrong answer instead of nine.
    If the answers were not multiple choice. I probably would not have remembered Roberts as Chief Justice
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  • Posted by 7 years, 11 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree there were some that technically had different answers, Mike. I probably would have chosen some different questions to encourage understanding of liberty and free markets instead of the "who was the first president" type of question.
    I doubt I'd have scored as well if the "right" answers weren't given in multiple choice form.
    Is knowing how to rationally reduce choice to one best choice a valid selection criteria?
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  • Posted by $ MikeMarotta 7 years, 11 months ago
    100% - I learned the basics from my grandparents' citizenship book.

    I had some quibbles with the test, of course. The "first President" was John Hanson, president of the Continental Congress. He is honored on a USPS stamp. Jefferson's draft of the Declaration was edited by the Congress. He did mostly write it, but he was not the sole author.

    The number of Amendments was close for me... I was afraid that I might have missed a recent one. But, no: I guessed right.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 7 years, 11 months ago
    Your Results:
    Correct: 24
    Incorrect: 0
    Number Of Questions: 24
    Percent correct: 100%
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 7 years, 11 months ago
    I got 21/24. I missed chief justice, number of justice (I thought it was 7), and the president during WWI.
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