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German Citizenship Test
Can you answer these questions that might appear on the citizenship test required to become a German citizen?
- Questions from bamf.de, translated by me
- Inspired by this quiz
- The actual test consists of 33 questions, 3 of which pertain to the federated state you apply in. I selected 30 out of the 300 official questions that are normally chosen largely at random (within certain categories) for each test.
- To pass the actual test, you have to answer a minimum of 17 questions correctly.
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| First submitted | September 29, 2022 |
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1. Which of the following is not a federated state within the Federal Republic of Germany?
Question #
North Rhine-Westphalia
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Saxony-Anhalt
Alsace-Lorraine
2. Which animal is shown on the coat of arms of the Federal Republic of Germany?
Question #29
Horse
Eagle
Bear
Lion
3. What are the heads of government of most of the federated states in Germany called?
Question #37
First Minister
Prime Minister
Minister President
Senator
4. The Bundestag election in Germany is the election of the...
Question #124
parliaments of the federated states
chancellor
parliament of Germany
president
5. What does "popular sovereignty" mean? All state power rests with the...
Question #52
King of Prussia
Bundestag
Federal Constitutional Court
people
6. Today, the Federal Republic of Germany is divided into...
Question #64
federal, state and local governments
one eastern state and one western state
four occupation zones
16 cantons
7. Who wrote the lyrics to the German national anthem?
Question #66
Friedrich von Schiller
Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Clemens Brentano
8. In Germany, what is primarily a task of the federated states?
Question #67
School policy
Foreign policy
Defense policy
Economic policy
9. What is one of the duties of the president of Germany?
Question #70
Conducting the affairs of government
Regulating the governing party
Proposing the chancellor for election
Selecting the ministers
10. The two largest parliamentary groups in the German Bundestag are currently...
Question #73
Democratic socialists (The Left) and the Green Party
Democratic socialists (The Left) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Christian conservatives (CDU/CSU) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD)
Free democrats (FDP) and social democrats (SPD)
11. Who elects the chancellor in Germany?
Question #81
The people
The Federal Assembly
The Bundestag
The Bundesrat
12. Who is the head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany?
Question #87
The president of the Bundestag
The president of the Bundesrat
The president of Germany
The German chancellor
13. The more second votes a party gets in a federal election, the...
Question #93
fewer first votes it can have.
greater the risk of having to form a coalition.
more candidates of the party enter parliament via direct mandate from the electorate.
more seats the party gets in parliament.
14. What can a person be honored with in Germany if they have made a special contribution in the political, economic, cultural, intellectual or social spheres?
Question #102
Honorary title "Hero of the German Democratic Republic"
Federal Eagle
Order of Merit of the Fatherland
Federal Cross of Merit
15. A woman in Germany loses her job. What cannot be a legally valid reason for her dismissal?
Question #104
The woman was often late for work.
The woman will be having a baby and her boss knows it.
The woman conducts private affairs during working hours.
The woman has been ill for a long time and is unable to work.
16. Why is there an electoral threshold of 5% in the electoral law of the Federal Republic of Germany?
Question #127
Citizens can lose track of so many small parties.
Having many small parties makes it difficult to form a government.
The small parties do not have as much money to pay politicians.
The party programs of many small parties have many similarities.
17. Who is directly elected by the people in Germany?
Question #129
The chancellor
The minister president of a federated state
The Bundestag
The president
18. The "Third Reich" was a...
Question #158
monarchy
democracy
Soviet republic
dictatorship
19. What did not take place in Germany during the time of National Socialism?
Question #159
Censorship of the press
Free elections
Arbitrary arrests
Persecution of Jews
20. Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg is known for...
Question #162
the construction of the Reichstag building.
winning a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games.
the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944.
establishing the Wehrmacht.
21. What happened in Germany on November 9, 1938?
Question #164
Jewish stores and synagogues were destroyed by Nazis and their supporters.
The National Socialists lost an election and dissolved the Reichstag.
The Second World War began with the attack on Poland.
Hitler became president and had all parties banned.
22. After World War II, which countries were called the "Allied Occupation Powers" in Germany?
Question #167
France, Soviet Union, Italy, Japan
Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden
USA, Soviet Union, Spain, Portugal
USA, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France
23. The Federal Republic of Germany is a founding member of the...
Question #173
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
United Nations (UN)
Warsaw Pact
European Union (EU)
24. From June 1948 to May 1949, the citizens of West Berlin were supplied by an airlift. Why?
Question #178
The Soviet Union interrupted all land transport.
For Great Britain, supply by airlift was faster.
The American servicemen were afraid of raids during land transport.
For France, supplying the population of West Berlin by air was more cost-effective.
25. What did chancellor Willy Brandt want to express with his genuflection in 1970 in the former Jewish ghetto in Warsaw?
Question #181
He said a prayer at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
He asked Poland and the Polish Jews for forgiveness.
He submitted to the former Allies.
He showed his humility before the Warsaw Pact.
26. What happened in the German Democratic Republic on June 17, 1953?
Question #210
Celebration of accession to the Warsaw Pact
The 1st party congress of the Socialist Unity Party
Nationwide strikes and popular uprising
Fidel Castro's first visit
27. Who is not allowed to live together as a couple in Germany?
Question #245
Sofie (35 years) and Lisa (40 years)
Anne (13 years) and Tim (25 years)
Hans (20 years) and Marie (19 years)
Tom (20 years) and Klaus (45 years)
28. At which festival do people in Germany wear colourful costumes and masks?
Question #264
Shrove Monday
May Day
Oktoberfest
Whitsun
29. A young woman in Germany, 22 years old, lives with her boyfriend. The woman's parents don't approve because they don't like the boyfriend. What can the parents do?
Question #267
They have the right to take the daughter back to the parental home.
They can find another man for the daughter.
They can go to the police and report the daughter.
They have to respect the decision of the adult daughter.
30. People in Germany live by the principle of religious tolerance. What does that mean?
Question #292
No mosques are allowed to be built.
All people believe in God.
Everyone can believe what they want.
The state decides which God the people believe in.
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Personally, I'd rather have them ask more questions about a person's world view than about history trivia - people can go to JetPunk for that. Of course I appreciate it if people are interested in the history and culture of my country, but tolerance for others and acceptance of universal basic human rights are much more important to keep the place (or any place) functioning.
(Which is great, BTW! I appreciate that Germany will only accept citizens who reject extremist ideologies).
in german it would be harder :D