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Do you have what it takes to become an American citizen?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/13442226/?GT1=8211


My Results:

You answered 85% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:
85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)


And I am not even American.

How many can you get right?

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Grancey

You answered 85% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

I missed three out of the 20 questions.

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Sticky

Nice Grancey.

Any guesses? I think that I guessed on 4 of them - 2 I got wrong and 2 I got right.

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maleficent

90 percent and i missed 1 question...

I whiffed on:
8. Which of the following amendments to the Constitution does NOT address or guarantee voting rights?

I clicked wrong... I kinda knew the answer...

One fo the questions, is kind of a trick question:
14. Who selects the Supreme Court justices?
The Electoral College
The people
They are appointed by the president
The Senate
they are appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate - I got the answer right, but Ithink i could have defended Senate as an answer too

If the questions weren't multiple guess, it's been entirely too long since junior high civics class... I probably wouldn't have known more of them... but for today, I am a citizen.. YAY!!

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Sticky

When I first read it I thought that as well. I was thinking that it was tough to ask that question as people would be confused if they knew enough.
I then re-read it, however, and saw that it said "selects".
That made it clear to me that they were looking for the president as the answer. It is clearly the President that does the selecting, as you said.

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Ample

I just got one wrong. The question about the INS form. Did any of you really know that, or did you all get lucky?

Would be nice if the the site posted the overall avarage of everyone taking it.

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maleficent

I guessed on that one... but i suppose non-citizens taking the test would pretty much have to know what form they filled out to apply for citizenship.. ( I woudn't even know where to begin to be a us citizen - i took the easy road - i was born here.)

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Grancey

I guessed on that one as well, and missed it. The ones I guessed on, I missed. The others I remembered or they seemed like a common sense question. I know someone who recently became a citizen, so it would be interesting to find out how close this test is to what he was actually tested on.

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maleficent

This question amused me to no end...
6. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
First Ten Amendments
Lewis “Scooter” Libby

Now, I kinda like the first ten amendments as an answer.. but maybe they should show Schoolhouse Rock episodes in citizenship classes...

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Rachel

Wow I passed, but it was close with an 85%. I agree with Ample, it would be a better quiz if they showed the average score at the end.

I miss those Schoolhouse Rock videos in class, but some of those song would really get stucking you head.

"Conjunction junction, what's your function... "

Gilda

100%.

I do have the unfair advantage of having been a humanities teacher for five years.

Gilda

Grasshopper Green

I only got 80%. I got confused on the appointee to the Supreme Court and put the senate. D'oh!

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Gilda

The President appoints justices, the Senate confirms them. In practical terms, this gives both equal power, but technically it's the President.

Gilda

warrrreagl

You answered 100% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

Bah.

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Average_Joe

I got 80% correct, but I was always bad at history and remembering dates in high school.

Gatorade Frost

80%

Missed this:
"14. Who selects the Supreme Court justices?"

It was a trick question on account of the senate choosing the supreme court justices and the president choosing the nominees.

Somehow I managed to screw the pooch on knowing the original 13 colonies. I know them, I just wasn't paying attention when I read the question.

I had no idea about the immigration forms.

And then I once again wasn't paying attention to the answers on the last question about freedoms given to us. I just saw the first one and thought that's what it was, but I suspect that if I was paying attention to the other answers I would have realised that what I was thinking was the Declaration of Independence, not the Bill of Rights.

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maleficent

the question about the 13 original colonies was good for a chuckle - i think it was to test if you were reading or not... New Zealand a colony

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shalafi

i got 85%. guessed wron on the imigration form, there were two on the lists of rights that sounded right and i picke the wrong one, and i just wasnt thinking on the declaring war one. I know the answer just couldnt think of it then.

Fremen

80% for me, too.
The Supreme Court Justices - ganked!
The Immigration form one - ganked!
The Voting Rights Ammendment one - ganked!
The Chief Justice one - ganked!

I knew John G. was a Justice, but I thought since he was new, he'd need to work his way up in the ranks. duh!
I picked Alberto Gonzales 'cause I recently saw him giving a speech on tv and knew he held some kind of office. I just remembered it wrong.

So, is 80% average, or below average?

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Gilda

Nah, the way SCOTUS works, whoever replaces the Chief Justice becomes the new Chief Justice.

Gilda

maxhooters

You answered 85% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:
85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)


I guess i can stay.

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snowy

100%.

I'm not surprised.

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vermin

I missed the one about who has the power to declare war. I think my confusion is understandable given the present situation.

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Reese

I'm not afraid to admit I bombed on that test. I got 65%. I know I've taken that test before and did better. I'm just not thinking clearly tonight.

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Jamie D

25%!!! But then again I am British

alleonna

you answered 40% of questions correctly. well its ok.. anyway i'm asian.

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Fly

45%


i fuckin' sucked on that test.


good thing i'm a Canadian then eh?

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VirFighter

90%

I think the who "selects" justices question needs to be reworded. As Gilda pointed out, there is equal power. I think the question should have read, "who nominates justices" instead.

I also missed the immigration form question, but then I could care less about that.

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hotzot

90% I are wicked smaht! Too bad I can't be president!

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Gilda

I think it's fine as worded. The President does select justices. The Senate can say yes or no, and that's it as far as official duties. The Senate confirmation is the legislative check on the exutive power, but it is primarily an executive power.

Gilda

VirFighter

True, guess I'm just sore over missing it when I knew the answer.

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deri

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)

Barely made it with an 85%.

Mondak

You answered 100% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)

I carry a copy of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence around with me every day. I would have been mad if I got any less. Then again, I kinda guessed on the question about what form to fill out from the INS to be Naturalized.

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krwlz

Ya know... were it not multiple choice (like immigrants have to take it according to the test) We probably all would have flunked. With the exception of Gilda, lol. 85% here, but I got lucky on a few of them. I just know how to take a MC test, lol, Not all the answers.

Shpoop

90...but a few guesses. Honestly, schoolhouse rock served me better on that test than anythign else.

everyone needs their elbow room

little_tippler

40 %...but I'm Portuguese. How come you guys know this in so much detail? How boring...lol

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maleficent

That was honestly where i knew most of the answers from - i still haven't figured out if that's a good thing or a bad thing

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TexanAvenger

100%... and strangely enough did know the form name. Way to go high school ELPS.

I used to have a pocket consitution/declaration of independence in my bag all the time... damned if I know where it went though.

hiredgun

95%... tripped up on the INS form name (I had no idea).

genuinegirly

You answered 75% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:
65-80%: Hey, you may make a good citizen yet! Look at your wrong answers and a little revision should do the trick.


hmmmm good thing i've had my citizenship from birth. i'd never do well on this. How am I supposed to know the name of a form I've never used? I've never heard of Patrick Henry. Does being a good citizen involve knowing in detail every last ammendment? I must have learned some of this in one of my 3 american history courses... but really... how applicable was that to plant sciences?

I knew that the 13 stripes on the flag represented the 13 colonies, I even know what those 13 are. I know all of the dates. But apparently I don't even know that freedom of the press comes before trial by jury.

go figure. oh well.

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