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« on: July 06, 2009, 01:11:37 PM »
Could you pass the latest citizenship test?

In October 2008 a new version of the U.S. citizenship test will be taken by all applicants. Could you pass it? The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 samples that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview. Some are easy, some are not.

go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/?GT1=43001

I got 60%  :P
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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2009, 02:17:23 PM »
I taught American History --8th grade level
and all I am saying is that I did not make a 100%  :stressed;
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2009, 03:14:55 PM »
I taught citizenship to refugees not too long ago. Is this supposed to reflect the new test? Because it doesn't seem that they have changed the test all that much, which is too bad, because it was pretty lame when I taught it.

There were 100 questions that the immigrants basically memorized, and they knew the test would be comprised of about 20 of those questions. Then the applicants had to hear sentences in English and write down exactly what they heard. Again, there were only about 100 possible sentences that they would ever be read, and they just memorized them all. Even the English speakers (like my husband) have to do this portion of the test. The test was never multiple choice, just really trivial. My favorite example of the truly random nature of these questions: Who said "give me liberty or give me death"?

Answer: Patrick Henry. To this day, I have only the vaguest notion who that is, and what drove him to make such a melodramatic statement. But I will remember the answer forever, I'm afraid.

Oh, and I got 100% on the test. Some of them were lucky guesses.  :flower;
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2009, 03:40:40 PM »
70% for me!
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2009, 04:01:28 PM »
35% for me ha ha.  But then, I'm not American.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2009, 06:47:48 PM »
40%  for  a  skip,  they  give  me  a  green  card  for  sure :yahoo;
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2009, 03:52:37 AM »
60% for me. and i sped through it in under 10 minutes   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2009, 04:49:20 AM »
Looking at my result, I believe I could apply for a green card for sure  :waving;
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2009, 10:16:37 AM »
70% here.  Luckily I'm already a citizen.  I passed Canada's test at one time too. Not sure if I could today but I hope I'd do better than on the U.S one.
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« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2009, 11:02:29 AM »
65% for me.   :usaflag;
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« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2009, 04:56:33 PM »
50% for me. 
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« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2009, 04:41:57 PM »
It took two brains here, but Maria and I got a 90% on it here! 
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« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2009, 07:24:47 PM »
Quote from: kitkatz on July 08, 2009, 04:41:57 PM
It took two brains here, but Maria and I got a 90% on it here!

Hey, no cheating!

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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2009, 03:14:31 PM »
65% for this here furriner!
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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2009, 04:44:44 PM »
Huge difference between getting a green card and becoming a citizen.     A friend of the family had her citizenship ceremony two weeks ago.  You have to have over 85% to pass.  I can't imagine going to another country, learning a new language and then take a citizenship test.    :bow;   to those who have done it.   
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« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2009, 04:48:58 PM »
Ha ha...my hubby  just took the test for real last week...he is from Pakistan,,English is his second language...he got 100 %, though he did study for it. i am sure that i couldn't do as well.  Anyways, I cannot wait to see him take the oath next! :clap;
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« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2009, 09:20:24 PM »
Gee I'm a real dum — dum. 20%

Can't even manage my own country, although I got better marks — 58%

http://www.ukcitizenshiptest.co.uk/

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« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2009, 11:05:47 PM »
100%.  Nerd.

On the UK TEst: 58%  WTF is a quango?
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« Reply #18 on: November 19, 2009, 03:08:23 AM »

On the UK Test: 96%.

Good question about the Quango, Wallyz!

To figure out what precisely a Quango is, does, or comes up with
is a leading question
and you are not the first one to wonder!
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« Reply #19 on: November 19, 2009, 06:48:35 AM »
Quango = Quasi non governmental entity

Bet you're no better off for knowing that.  :rofl;
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« Reply #20 on: November 19, 2009, 10:02:12 AM »
I failed the England test grandly 13 of 24.
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« Reply #21 on: November 19, 2009, 10:16:46 AM »
I failed the UK citizenship test! (54%)

*gasp*

But if it helps, I also failed the American one (35%) so this little English thickie won't be becoming an American citizen in the foreseeable future!
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« Reply #22 on: November 19, 2009, 10:23:34 AM »
I got 60% - not bad for a foreigner.
Now to the UK test.

Got 67% on the UK test, but that is considered a fail (75% is the minimum pass mark)
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« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2009, 10:33:21 AM »
Quote from: paulanisar on November 18, 2009, 04:48:58 PM
Ha ha...my hubby  just took the test for real last week...he is from Pakistan,,English is his second language...he got 100 %, though he did study for it. i am sure that i couldn't do as well.  Anyways, I cannot wait to see him take the oath next! :clap;

Congratulations to your husband.  Like I said, I can't imagine learning the new language, new country history, etc and then being tested.  Please post a picture when he takes the oath!   I am sure it will be a very special day for your family   :2thumbsup;
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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2009, 02:03:43 AM »
75% :(
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