U.S. Citizenship Test Questions

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Level 90

May 21, 2013

Yay, I can be a citizen!

This test reminded me of the ToEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), though-- most native English speakers I know will fail that test spectacularly, and I expect the average US citizen would score about 50% on this.

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

I actually teach people how to pass the TOEFL, and most native speakers of English would pass very easily. Are you sure you're talking about the TOEFL?

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Level 90

Jun 24, 2013

Perhaps it's changed in recent years. I taught TOEFL prep in Hong Kong from 2001-2002, and a large portion was focused on the technical terms for parts of speech and sentence composition. I administered the test to a group of ≈100 British expatriate form 5 students, and the average score was abysmal.

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

hm... yeah... that doesn't sound right at all. Either we're talking about completely different tests or it was in fact totally changed. The TOEFL tests your ability to effectively function in a college classroom in English- it measures your ability to understand English language (written and spoken) and communicate in a way that can be understood (through both writing and speaking). These are skills that basically every literate speaker of English has. There are no technical questions about English grammar, and in fact grammar is not even considered in the grading criteria unless yours is so bad that it renders your writing unintelligible.

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Level 61

Oct 29, 2020

I took the TOEFL in 2000 and it was basically questions about what you read, about what you heard, some vocabulary (like : should one use rising or raising in this sentence...) and a composition. The same thing with the Cambridge Test, the DELE and the DELF/DALF.

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

Also, I only missed Hamilton. When I retook the quiz and intentionally got only 50% of the answers right, it says that I scored in the 23rd percentile, so, I imagine that *most* Americans do better than 50%. The average score is 16 which is 67%, enough to pass the test barely.

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Level 90

Jun 24, 2013

Some faith in humanity restored :)

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Level 47

Jun 24, 2013

That's among people who will sit here and take quizzes for fun...probably not a very representative sample of Americans as a whole.

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Level 22

Jul 18, 2013

yeah but that's not a random sampling of Americans. Its just the population jetpunk users who have taken the quiz, not a random sampling of Americans.

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Level 83

Jul 10, 2015

Right, which is why I used words like "imagine" and "most" to make it clear this was just a guess. You might also want to consider the fact that we've got a large number of international visitors on the site, as well, probably bringing down the average.

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Level 66

Apr 15, 2018

Or increasing the scores. I have never been to the US and still got 17, and that was partially because I couldn't be bothered to think any more. I could have got more if I hadn't quit.

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Level 83

Apr 17, 2018

If non-Americans are so good at answering questions about America then why are they always complaining on quizzes that feature questions related to America that there is no Earthly way they could have possibly known the answers and demanding some sort of apology?

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Level 76

Oct 27, 2020

Maybe the complainers are a vocal minority.

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Level 54

Sep 24, 2021

You missed Hamilton? How do you know John Jay but not Hamilton?

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Level 57

Jul 26, 2022

I'm not american, the only Federalist Paper author I know the name is Hamilton. The Musical is great. Hahahaha

Scored 20/24 btw. American media makes we learn lots of those things even if we dont care about it.

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Level 49

Jan 15, 2015

I got a 75 % cause I kept misspelling assembly lol

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Level 43

Feb 9, 2016

I also kept thinking freedom to assemble and tried different versions of assemble peacefully assemble, right to assemble, etc. I missed John Jay because I absolutely have no recollection of learning about him.

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Level 73

May 29, 2013

wondering what the answers to many of these questions have to do with a proper appreciation of what it means to be American...

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

Which of them don't? Most seem pretty strongly correlated to appreciating American values actually, others are related to civic responsibility, and others are just basic U.S. history.

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Level 43

Feb 9, 2016

i completely concur

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Level 65

Apr 15, 2018

The one about who was president during WW1 is fairly obscure and is more general knowledge than demonstrating American-ness. As a life-time UK citizen, I'd have to look up who was the British Prime Minister for the same period (Asquith and Lloyd George - thank you Jetpunk).

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Level 83

Apr 15, 2018

That one I'd file under basic US history. It's definitely something Americans would learn as children in elementary school. It's not asking too much for naturalized citizens to have a similar level of knowledge. If they know Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Wilson, Eisenhower, Truman, Nixon, Kennedy, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Obama... that's pretty basic. Coolidge, Arthur, Taylor or Harrison.. that's more obscure.

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Level 77

Oct 27, 2020

Millard Fillmore is so obscure he didn't even make your obscure list.

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Level 47

Mar 21, 2022

If you look up Your Presidential Fantasy Dream Team by Daniel O'Brien, and go to Millard Fillmore's chapter, it's great.

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

Great idea for a quiz.

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Level 81

Jun 24, 2013

Surely 'judiciary' should be more acceptable than or as acceptable as 'judicial'?

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Level ∞

Jun 25, 2013

I suppose I can accept that one.

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Level 56

Mar 10, 2014

Not to carp, but the same goes for "legislature" which was my first guess for that answer.

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Level 77

Mar 5, 2019

Same here for legislature.

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Level 39

Jun 24, 2013

Can I just point out that the picture for this contains the answer to one of the questions.

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Level 75

Jun 24, 2013

So no reason to miss it...yet 34% do...

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Level 79

Jun 24, 2013

The picture for nearly every quiz gives away one of the answers.

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Level 55

Jun 24, 2013

Better than the one we have in Britain... "Do you know how to claim benefits?". "Are you aware of the European Human Rights Legislation to allow you to screw cash from the government" etc.

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Level 47

Dec 20, 2013

You really need to get your facts from somewhere other than the Daily Mail

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Level 62

Feb 9, 2016

I've never actually seen the British one. Is it easier or tougher than the American one?

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Level 35

Apr 15, 2018

to be honest it looks much easier.... the questions seem more modern, with several obvious answers, and lots of questions about applying for citizenship ... 75% pass mark. No questions on points of law

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Level 55

Apr 15, 2018

I took the British one (Australian expat living in Britain) a couple of years ago. Some hard questions, some easy. Some totally irrelevant to everyday life (eg. 'What was the name of the common Iron Age dwelling?')

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Level 73

Jan 16, 2022

Is "house" not correct?

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Level 63

May 8, 2016

Nice tantrum.

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Level 25

Jun 24, 2013

I put star spangle banner - I think that should have counted.

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Level 67

Jun 24, 2013

Men don't need to register for the draft anymore...do they? My excuse is I have two daughters...

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Level 16

Jun 24, 2013

The draft is still here, but it was last activated in the Vietnam War.

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Level 71

May 18, 2016

It's likely to become true for women soon now that there is no limitation on their combat service.

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Level 87

Dec 20, 2018

If you live here how on Earth do you not know that?

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Level 40

Jun 24, 2013

Shouln't it be Washington DC and not just Washington?

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Level 83

Jun 24, 2013

Only if you wouldn't accept "New York" unless it was written "New York, NY," and would not accept "Los Angeles" unless written "Los Angeles, CA."

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Level 15

Nov 15, 2013

But there is Washington State and Washington D.C even I know that and I'm not American! Therefore people may be miss lead to thinking they are the same place

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Level 33

Nov 19, 2013

@BeccaScorer20 I agree with @kalbahamut. Also, Americans know the difference and don't often say the whole Washington, D.C. thing. That's like saying The People's Republic of China every time you want to speak about China. Yes, it's the complete and correct name, but colloquially our capital is just referred to as Washington or just D.C. Being from the Philadelphia area, I know we usually just refer to it as D.C.

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Level 77

Apr 16, 2018

Usually the two are said in a context that can easily be derived from the rest of the sentence. If not, I am more likely to assume it is the national capital. I usually say "Washington state" if there's any question. "My cousin lives in Washington" meaning D.C., versus "My cousin lives in Washington state." When in doubt, people can always ask which one is meant.

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Level 83

Dec 19, 2018

What delky said. I grew up in the DC suburbs. We never say the whole thing. Either Washington or DC.

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Level 56

Jun 24, 2013

Wow, I knew enough to get 88%!

While politics really isn't my thing, US History is worth knowing

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Level 40

Jun 24, 2013

could gathering be accepted?

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Level 45

Feb 8, 2016

I was going to ask the same thing. I tried "gather", "gather peacefully", and "protest" but I did not get assembly.

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Level 32

May 6, 2016

That would be nice. I tried gather, gathering, assemble, and assembling...

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Level 49

Jun 25, 2013

Guess I'm not going to be an American...

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Level 40

Jun 30, 2013

LOL... didn't do very well. I thought it was all about guns. :)

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Level 83

Jul 5, 2013

Are Australian citizenship tests all about bashing Americans?

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Level 62

Feb 9, 2016

Well that, learning how to properly put shrimp on the barbie and threatening to kill dogs

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Level 52

Feb 13, 2016

Barnaby's deputy PM now. Hooray!

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Level 75

Oct 8, 2017

They should be.

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Level 77

Feb 9, 2016

That's the second amendment, Ozchris.

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Level 31

Jul 18, 2013

i missed one because i put assemble not assembly...

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Level 22

Aug 22, 2013

Almost got them all... I couldn't remember freedom to petition the government for the life of me

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Level 15

Nov 15, 2013

21% guess i'll have to stay in GREAT Britain

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Level 31

Feb 11, 2016

I don't blame you, you're not missing much.

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Level 75

Oct 8, 2017

Lucky you. I'm staying at home... With that maniac Trump... help me...

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Level 50

Jan 27, 2020

50%, I'll have to do the same.

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Level 33

Nov 19, 2013

100% with 2:19 left to spare...'Merica!

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Level 36

Dec 5, 2013

wow only one missed is president of WW1!

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Level 43

Feb 10, 2014

peaceably assemble should be accepted...

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Level 35

Feb 18, 2014

I got an 83% - not bad for my age! Shame on me though, I should've gotten them all right but the last one, considering this is exactly what we are studying in history now...

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Level 39

Feb 22, 2014

I tried 'service' for what all men must register for at 18. I think that should count.

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Level 58

Mar 15, 2014

75% not bad for a brit

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Level 81

May 25, 2014

67% (if 60% is good enough for a pass, then I'm through!) -- executional? I knew it, but I didn't know the word for it. Same for the assembly one. On the other hand never heard of the Federalist Papers!

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Level 56

Jun 16, 2014

100% with 2:20 on the clock. USA here I come!! (UK national)

Actually the first time I did the test I had no idea about the authors of the Federalist papers. Still think "legislature" should be accepted, particularly if "judiciary" is allowed.

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Level 56

Nov 20, 2016

Still thinking about coming here after the election we just had?

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Level 38

Apr 19, 2018

why wouldn't they want to come we got a great president in office. #MAGA2020

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Level 67

Dec 20, 2018

No we don't. We have a compulsive liar and crook in office. Nixon 2.0 basically, but far less skilled in foreign policy.

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Level 54

Jun 16, 2014

Why take this test when you can just dance in through the almost completely undefended southern border? Seems like a lot of work for nothing.

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Level 50

Aug 10, 2014

Because then you won't have to live the rest of your life wondering 'Am I going to be caught and thrown out?' I prefer legality. Of course, I have no worries. I'm American-born.

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Level 83

Jul 10, 2015

Record numbers of people have been deported by INS and the border patrol in the past decade, destroying lives, breaking up families, costing an enormous amount of money and resources... I guess there's that.

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Level 83

Jul 10, 2015

Not to mention all the people who end up dead, raped, robbed, blackmailed or kidnapped/ransomed on their way across.

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Level 31

Feb 11, 2016

Los nachos muy...er, disgusting, señor. Maybe we shouldn't hop the cerca and just leave them Yankees to themselves, er....'Murica!

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Level 53

Jul 6, 2014

I want to live in America and looks like I can! 24/24!

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Level 50

Aug 10, 2014

Only missed Senate, Wilson, and Madison. Totally blanked on them. Luckily, it's still 88%, so even if I DID have to take the test(which I don't, being born in the US has its advantages, like maybe being president, and not having to take citizenship tests), I would pass. The end.

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Level 50

Oct 21, 2014

Okay, this time around I got Senate, thankfully, but missed Executive branch, Madison, and Wilson. 88%.

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Level 55

Oct 27, 2014

100% 1:42 left. It helps to teach it!

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Level 82

Mar 3, 2015

23/24 - couldn't think of "Petition the Government" - not that it does any good.

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Level 25

Apr 5, 2015

I would make a terrible American, I got 6 :(

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Level 81

Apr 25, 2015

I've been teaching American Government for 7 years. I give the full exam to my students on the first day of class, just so I can see how much they know coming into the class. To date, I've only had about 15 students pass it on the first go. :/

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Level 67

Jun 3, 2015

100% on my first try with 2:50 left.

Who wasted their college years on a political science degree NOW, huh mom? ;-)

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Level 61

Jun 3, 2015

I like the joke that Bush said "The Presidential branch, the Congressional branch and the Supreme branch".

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Level 72

Jun 12, 2015

I was afraid that I'd miss one, but actually very easy if you are a US civics nerd.

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Level 45

Nov 17, 2015

Gathering and assembly should be the same thing

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Level 61

Feb 8, 2016

Yeah, there are a number of synonyms for assembly that ought to be accepted.

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Level 37

Jul 3, 2017

Why? - Synonyms for the actual words used, somehow dilutes it, don't you think?

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Level 59

Feb 7, 2016

I got 22 and I have no intention of becoming a US citizen. (not sure I'm entirely happy being a UK citizen some days!). Got a lot of them from watching West Wing - best American drama ever written in my opinion.

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Level 53

Nov 3, 2020

Agree.

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Level 64

Feb 8, 2016

The only ones I missed were two of the Federalist Paper authors, which I knew at one point when I studied them. I hope I qualify as a US citizen.

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Level 49

Feb 8, 2016

Denied at the border, back to Europe it is!

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Level 64

Feb 8, 2016

They'll still accept you, just not as a citizen.

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Level 66

Feb 8, 2016

Accept "representatives" "representative" or "reps" or something?

Also, probably would have failed (scarcely 60% after some guessing), good thing I'm not American probably

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Level 65

Feb 8, 2016

Easy-peasy!!

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Level 65

Feb 8, 2016

Guess I'm an American through-and-through...and just learned this stuff in Civics class

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Level 56

Feb 8, 2016

wrote star spRangled banner SMH...

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Level 63

Feb 8, 2016

Thank you 'Olympus has Fallen' for educating me that the speaker of the house becomes president next!

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Level 83

Feb 8, 2016

We found one thing that movie was good for. And they said it couldn't be done!

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Level 54

Oct 6, 2017

Though the jury is still out on quite a few others...

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Level 77

Feb 10, 2016

A history lesson for any who are interested: There was nothing in the original constitution about presidential succession other than giving Congress the right to determine it. A federal statute in 1792 listed the President pro tempore of the Senate next in line followed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. In 1886 a new statute provided for succession to go through members of the president's cabinet, beginning with the first post created, Secretary of State. In 1947 Truman convinced Congress to pass a new statute, basically returning to the former statute except changing the order from President pro tem of the Senate to making Speaker of the House first with the Cabinet last. None of these have been used. Some argue that the Constitution prohibits members of Congress from being appointed president, but the statute has not been challenged in the courts. The 20th and 25th amendments deal with filling presidential vacancies, but do not extend beyond the vice-president.

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Level 87

Mar 15, 2022

White House Down does the same thing, which makes it even harder to tell those two movies apart.

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Level 44

Feb 8, 2016

I am not going to be an American

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Level 52

Feb 8, 2016

Surely you would be able to accept "assemble" under the First Amendment. Ya know, the "right of the people peaceably to assemble".

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Level 30

Feb 8, 2016

This is obsolete. Just walk past the border patrol, cuss at him in Spanish, claim to be a victim of oppression, promise to vote Democrat, and live off public assistance.

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Level 85

Oct 27, 2020

If you were trying to come off as a ridiculous bigot spouting uniformed and hateful conservative propaganda you've succeeded.

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Level 59

Feb 8, 2016

Knew all of them but Selective Service. Not sure even what that is, although I'm only 13.

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Level 77

Oct 27, 2020

Even though we currently have a volunteer military, all 18-year-old males still have to register in case things change and they need to draft men for military service. All males must register even if disabled or a conscientious objector.

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Level 41

Feb 9, 2016

Since the word "Assembly" does not appear anywhere in the United States Constitution and the word "Assemble" does, can you accept Assemble? I did not get that because I did not try assembly. Assembly is what states have in some of their levels of Government.

Great quiz though!

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Level 67

Feb 9, 2016

How about adding 'gather' as an option for assembly

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Level 81

Feb 10, 2016

Am I the only one who first tried "Publius" for the Federalist Papers question?

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Level 39

Feb 12, 2016

I knew most of these. Yay APUSH!

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Level 65

May 3, 2016

100%! Guess I've done my country proud!

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Level 50

May 16, 2016

Hey can house speaker be accepted for speaker of the house because like, i gave up after it didn't accept it

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Level 30

Jun 13, 2016

83%... I didn't know two of the first amendment rights and two federalist paper authors.

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Level 83

Sep 22, 2016

Only got 22 of 24. Do I have to leave? :-)

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Level 68

Nov 20, 2016

I don't think I'd be able to become a citizen. I only got 14

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Level 73

Apr 19, 2017

7/24. I guess I'm not getting in...

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Level 57

Jun 9, 2017

I only missed religion. Face palm.

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Level 66

Jun 22, 2017

Yeesh, only 71%. Guess I better study up!

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Level 52

Jul 14, 2017

Nothing any grade schooler shouldn't know. Sadly most natural born citizens don't know it or have forgotten these answers over the years!

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Level 50

Sep 28, 2017

Sadly, only 58%. Guess I'm not good enough to be a US citizen.

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Level 87

Oct 6, 2017

When my brother in law went in to finalize his citizenship he spent the week before studying, even though he was equivalent of a German professorial PHD in History concentrating on German/US relations. He went in to see the federal judge and after a few minutes discussing his background was asked do you want to give your oath now or in a public ceremony. He was incredulous and asked "I don't have to take the test?" The judge more or less said, "Dr Fischer given your background there is no reason to waste your time or the US government's time, but if you want a test here you go. Who is the president of the United States?"

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Level 61

Oct 6, 2017

Why is it called house of representatives? Why isn't there the house of the senate? Sounds dumb I guess, best I can figure.

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Level 56

Oct 7, 2017

This is because Senators sit in a Senate. There is no equivalent word for the Representatives, they do not sit in a Reprate (although it's full of reprobates). Calling the chambers "houses" comes from the English Parliament, with its House of Commons and House of Lords. But in the US Congress, only one of the two chambers is called a House, so it gets the advantage of being known as The House. And on this quiz, House on its own gets you the point,.

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Level 67

Apr 1, 2020

It would be interesting to know how and where that term first came into the world. In dutch we have kamers meaning chambers. Italy has a similar term also using "chambers"

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Level 77

Oct 27, 2020

The Senate and the House are legislative chambers. The room where the House meets is called the House Chamber or the Hall of the House of Representatives. It is the large assembly room where they sit in a semi-circle of tiered seating facing the Speaker. If you've ever seen a State of the Union Address it is held in the House Chamber.

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Level 24

Oct 8, 2017

83% and I'm not American and I don't get why anyone needs to know most of this stuff to become a citizen. Although my country's citizenship test is just as arbitrary and pointless.

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Level 41

Jan 13, 2018

suprised only 89% get the parties

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Level 62

Jan 16, 2018

I bet you that most Trump voters can't pass this test

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Level 37

Mar 4, 2018

Oh, but they are "American" they will never have to take it!

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Level 31

Apr 15, 2018

Trump voter here! (Got 96%). I missed John Jay; the name crossed my mind but I dismissed it. Wasn’t he also the first Secretary of the Treasury?

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Level 78

Apr 23, 2018

No, he was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I'm sure you got a higher score than Trump would get.

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Level 67

Apr 15, 2018

I guess 6 is not that great. Oh well!

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Level 60

Apr 15, 2018

I got 100 %

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Level 71

Apr 15, 2018

A test is not a test if the questions are known before the test. Any fool can pass a test such as that. Anybody with evil intent would pass this test easily because they would be coached to do so. It is a completely irrelevant and comical procedure.

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Level 63

Apr 15, 2018

It's meant to see if people have an understanding of American history and its government. The real test has 10 random questions and they're given orally, you don't have to write anything.

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Level 67

Apr 15, 2018

This is just a sampling of the test. The goal is to demonstrate a knowledge of American society. Even if you only memorize the freedoms of the First Amendment for the test, you still know them. So that's important.

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Level 75

Apr 15, 2018

92%. So does that mean I can be an American now?

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Level 67

Apr 15, 2018

I would bet that Trump could not pass this test.

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Level 31

Apr 15, 2018

Can protest be accepted for assembly?

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Level 62

Apr 15, 2018

100% sure that most patriotic red white and blue blood Americans wouldn't pass this test

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Level 64

Apr 15, 2018

Can you make "house speaker" work too?

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Level 21

Apr 16, 2018

I'm a citizen! 67%.

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Level 67

Apr 16, 2018

One of first amendment freedoms is to peaceably assemble. Assembly is accepted but not assemble or peaceably assemble.

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Level 61

Apr 17, 2018

The word that you are looking for is "peacefully." The word you use, peaceably, makes no sense in that context.

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Level 67

Oct 27, 2020

No, the word PHG was looking for is "peaceably," which is the word in the amendment itself.

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Level 44

Apr 17, 2018

I'd better stay German then....only 15 out of 24 .....

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Level 61

Apr 17, 2018

Can you accept "assemble" for assembly (saying 'The right to assemble' actually makes more sense) and allow just the word "Representatives" for the House of Representatives as well?

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Level 56

Apr 17, 2018

can you accept 'legislature' for legislative please

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Level 27

Apr 17, 2018

embarrassed/proud that I only got who wrote the federalist papers because of Hamilton the Musical... can't be the only one surely!

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Level 54

Oct 27, 2020

I was thinking, "John Jay got sick after writing five

James Madison wrote twenty-nine

Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one!"

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Level 57

Apr 18, 2018

Oops. Only one I didn't get was John Jay. I graduated from John Jay H.S. in San Antonio, Texas. I feel a bit sheepish.

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Level 40

Apr 18, 2018

I see Juan printing this: Madre we are into Americana... :D

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Level 47

Apr 18, 2018

46%...go me. Looks like I'm staying in Oz for the foreseeable future!

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Level 46

Apr 21, 2018

John Jay - DAMMIT!

96%

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Level 67

Jun 23, 2018

Shoutout to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton for half of these answers

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Level 51

Sep 10, 2018

I don't see "Unlimited Campaign Contributions" among the list of things the 1st Amendment protects.

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Level 44

Dec 20, 2018

Quizmaster, can you put the newer comments on the top, and the older ones on the bottom, so I don't have to scroll so much.

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Level 43

Jun 23, 2019

75% as an Australian. I'll take that everyday. Don't usually go well in American related quizzes but this one was kind to me. unfortunately i'm quite happy here in Australia so don't need a US Citizenship

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Level 80

Jul 10, 2019

Why is Woodrow Wilson specifically on this test? Is he special or something? I'd thing FDR, Washington, Truman, or any Cold War president should also be on this test if he is.

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Level 83

Nov 18, 2019

I think this is just a sampling of possible questions?

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Level ∞

Jan 6, 2020

Correct. I sampled the questions to make it interesting to JetPunk users. The actual test is comically easy.

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Level 67

Apr 1, 2020

Curious to find out which questions you have omitted!

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Level 55

Dec 9, 2019

As a Filipino, I'm quite proud of my 14 points.

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Level 61

Jan 6, 2020

The description says "can you answers". That is improper grammar.

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Level ∞

Jan 6, 2020

How embarrassing. Now fixed.

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Level 51

Jan 8, 2020

Got all except the 5 protections from the first amendment lol

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Level 44

Feb 15, 2020

Such a stupid test. Why do we make people do this? How does passing this show that they will be any better of a citizen than someone who couldn't pass this? Shouldn't it at least be current? Why does an immigrant care what we bought in 1803?

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Level 58

Oct 27, 2020

Yeah! Knowledge makes no difference in any person's life! Knowing stuff is stupid!!!!! We'll never make the same mistakes again because of instincts and luck and good looks!

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Level 64

Mar 15, 2020

I'll stay right where I am in the Netherlands I guess...

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Level 70

Mar 31, 2020

Lucky I don't want to live in the USA.

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Level 51

Mar 31, 2020

Got 50% even though I am an American citizen!🤣😂🤣😂

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Level 79

Mar 31, 2020

100% first try - not bad for a Brit. And having an American wife may have actually hindered me rather than helped :D

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Level 62

Mar 31, 2020

got them with 0:01 left

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Level 55

Mar 31, 2020

that is terrifyingly easy. I've taken it 3 separate times, each around six months apart, and got 100% each time

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Level 55

Mar 31, 2020

context: British

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Level 83

Apr 1, 2020

you're American now. Read the small print.

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Level 67

Apr 1, 2020

Did you expect the 2nd and 3rd time to suddenly get a lot wrong? Was that the terrifying part? "Ok maybe this time I ll get a few wrong... What??! still got everything right? Man.. not again..."

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Level 67

Apr 1, 2020

Can you accept GOP for Republican Party?

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Level ∞

Apr 1, 2020

Okay

+2

Level 66

Apr 20, 2020

42% only. I hardly can be an American (though I was born in the continent of the same name)

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Level 67

Apr 23, 2020

i better study if i can join the citizenship :/

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Level 45

May 2, 2020

9/20. Looks like Britain gets to keep me ;) I’ve seen some versions of ours and the questions are just as odd... was surprised they don’t include more practical ones. Maybe because that kind of knowledge changes faster depending on trends, election results etc and so ‘correct’ answers would constantly need to be updated??

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Level 32

May 23, 2020

58%, guess i have to stay in.. america

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Level 43

May 25, 2020

LOL I read the five freedoms one wrong and thought it meant the first five amendments so I just kept typing "guns" over and over

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Level 56

Aug 7, 2020

Looks like I'm not an American (no offense Americans, but I'm glad i only got 53%!)

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Level 67

Oct 27, 2020

Why are you glad you didn't know something?

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Level 83

Oct 27, 2020

I'm not offended I'm just embarrassed on your behalf.

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Level 50

Oct 27, 2020

I feel the same.

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Level 41

Sep 10, 2020

Can you allow assemble? Or, more accurately, peaceably assemble for the 5 freedoms? That is the wording in the Constitution. Great quiz though!!!

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Level 83

Oct 27, 2020

The freedom to assemble is only guaranteed to Avengers.

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Level 61

Oct 27, 2020

Can 'belief' be accepted for 'religion'?

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Level 83

Oct 27, 2020

Sad that I can answer these questions much faster and more easily than the more recent judge appointed to the Supreme Court.

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Level 53

Oct 27, 2020

Well, you take quizzes much more than ACB does

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Level 82

Oct 27, 2020

If a Guatamalan migrant fleeing drug cartels needs to know the answers to these questions, so should every politician in America, including Supreme Court nominees.

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Level 83

Oct 27, 2020

I do... but... I would HOPE that SC justices have studied the Constitution more than I have. The question I was thinking of was about the first amendment.

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Level 67

Oct 27, 2020

Wait, I missed this. I'm on a news cleanse because everything is making me nuts right now. What didn't Judge Barrett know?

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Level 83

Oct 27, 2020

She was asked during confirmation hearings what freedoms were guaranteed by the first amendment. She could only come up with four.

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Level 50

Oct 27, 2020

Curious. I thought these patriotic things were like a religious thing in US, even more for conservatives.

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Level 83

Nov 2, 2020

some of them border on that. Particularly the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms. Though, like all religious people, Americans tend to cherry pick which parts of the Constitution they believe are important or even know about, and it's always up for interpretation.

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Level 67

Mar 15, 2022

In my experience, when conservatives talk about "the Constitution," they really just mean the Second Amendment. That, and occasionally a tragicomic misunderstanding of what "free speech" means.

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Level 65

Mar 16, 2022

Not "all" religious people cherry pick what we religious people feel are important. Maybe some or even most, but not all. Be careful when using that word.

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Level 83

Mar 17, 2022

it's so close to all that to say all is preferable to finding fault with saying all. It's almost impossible to conceive of someone who didn't do that, in fact, given how voluminous the texts of certain religions are and how rife with contradictions they also are. Though of course the cherry pickers who think they're somehow more special than the other cherry pickers they feel have picked the wrong cherries will deny, credulously, that those even exist.

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Level 58

Oct 27, 2020

33%, looks like I'll have to stay in Canada...Oh well.

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Level 54

Oct 27, 2020

Horray for me! I'm a citizen of the US of A

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Level 45

Oct 27, 2020

I was born here (U.S.) and I got 29 percent :( (but to be fair I am a kid)

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Level 54

Oct 27, 2020

Watching Hamilton recently helped NGL

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Level 58

Oct 27, 2020

Please accept "military service" for "selective service".

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Level 72

Oct 27, 2020

Not the same thing. Signing up for selective service means that you are registered as a potential draftee. Signing up for military service means actually joining the military. I did the former, but not the latter.

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Level 45

Oct 27, 2020

Can the word "protest" or "right to protest" work for 5 freedoms?

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Level 79

Oct 27, 2020

The newest member of the SCOTUS couldn't answer the five freedoms lollll facepalm

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Level 50

Oct 27, 2020

hahaha for 2%, I could not be a US citzen.

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Level 76

Oct 27, 2020

Except for Press, Petition and John Jay I found this one easy. Looking at my stats, this wasn't always the case.

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Level 57

Oct 28, 2020

John Jay got sick after writing 5. Madison wrote 29. HAMILTON WROTE... THE OTHER FIFTY ONE!!!!!!

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Level 22

Mar 17, 2022

exactly me trying to remember nonstop lol

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Level 51

Oct 28, 2020

Got everything except the federalist papers and one of the 1st amendment rights :)

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Level 45

Oct 29, 2020

58%, no citizenship for me lmao. Think I'll stick to the UK anyway ;)

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Level 23

Apr 11, 2021

How I got through this test in Hamilton Quotes:

"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"..."Not surprising Men quote 'em. Don't act surprised you guys, cause I wrote 'em" -Thomas Jefferson

"Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution entitled The Federalist Papers"

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Level 28

Jul 23, 2021

I got 9%. wow.

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Level 60

Jul 30, 2021

I've never heard of the Federalist Papers and I'm an American...

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Level 59

Aug 14, 2021

You probably learned it in Government in school, maybe even U.S. history, I took both a couple years ago so it was easier to remember

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Level 75

Mar 15, 2022

You haven't seen the musical Hamilton then. That's the reason I know and I am Australian.

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Level 59

Aug 14, 2021

Ah it's been a while since I looked at the Federalist papers

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Level 44

Aug 17, 2021

Just want to get a vacation in US someday or never..........

Or just go to a way closer country AUSTRALIA

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Level 62

Dec 18, 2021

15/24 - Thanks to so many American TV shows.

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Level 68

Jan 29, 2022

I made a pigs ear of that; however, when the UK equivalent was first introduced I tried the sample, and failed that too!

I am obviously meant to be a stateless person...

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Level 54

Feb 22, 2022

I got.... 71%. ~~I am qualified to be a citizen in a country I live in already. Woohoo!~~

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Level 61

Mar 15, 2022

Of course synonyms for "assemble" should be allowed. The First Amendment secures certain freedoms — the specific word itself is malleable and less important than what the word represents.

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Level 62

Mar 15, 2022

When Kurt Gödel, famous for his incompleteness theorem that postulated that every formal system will have some irreconcilable inconsistencies (I'd explain it better, but I can't--even this is probably wrong), was being driven from Princeton to Philadelphia to take his citizenship test, he told the fellow faculty member driving him that he intended to tell the examiner of a number of logical inconsistencies he had found in the Constitution. His driver talked him out of it.

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Level 58

Mar 15, 2022

The line of succession after VP is President Pro Temp of the Senate, not speaker of the House

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Level 87

Mar 15, 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession

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Level 86

Mar 15, 2022

@AGR1, nope.

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Level 55

Mar 15, 2022

Quizmaster wasn't kidding about the official test being much easier; here is the official practice test from the U.S. Government: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/civics-practice-test-2008

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Level 50

Mar 15, 2022

Protest should count for petition

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Level 58

Mar 15, 2022

It's techlically already covered by speech + assembly

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Level 28

Mar 15, 2022

I’m gonna cry. I got 33% and I was born in America- BUT HEY CUT ME SOME SLACK IM NOT EVEN IN HIGHSCHOOL YET :,)

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Level 35

Mar 16, 2022

All of this I learnt from movies.

Oops, this is an American test, so I should write: learned.

By the way, on a day-to-day basis, how often do U.S. citizens actually use and need this information?

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Level 43

Mar 17, 2022

Sad.... It wouldn't accept my answer of "Bear Arms" as one of the 5 rights.

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Level 31

Mar 19, 2022

Thats because it is the second ammendment

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Level 70

Mar 19, 2022

I must have been overtired, clicked on this quiz, glanced at the title and for some reason read UK Citizenship test. Thought question 1 was weird, but when “God Save the Queen” didn’t work I spent a good few seconds trying to decide if it there was another, arcane, official name I’d not heard of before, or whether some daft Yank (no offence) had butchered it.

I did manage to get full marks though so, if someone can disregard my ‘daft yank’ remark and send me the appropriate paperwork? What jobs do you have for Brit’s anyway? Is it still mainly wise-cracking butlers and haughty librarians? Or do you still need ridiculously aristocratic maîtres d’, who for some reason still work in restaurants, despite clearly being members of the English nobility?

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Level 83

May 15, 2022

You can also get work narrating documentaries.

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Level 31

Mar 19, 2022

Studying this in History, I thought it was the secretary of defense who served. Good quiz.

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Level 28

May 19, 2022

oh no only 38% so sad no america

what am i going to do with my dirt poor, wanting-to-be-american european self! ...

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Level 40

Jul 15, 2022

John Jay is the least correctly guessed answer... clearly Jetpunkers haven't seen Hamilton :"D

First submitted	May 8, 2013
Times taken	141,567
Average score	62.5%
Rating	4.90