Could you pass a U.S. Citizenship Test?

richlevy · 07-29-2012, 09:03 PM

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test

I got 92 out of 96. One of the ones I got wrong I find embarrassing.

Can any of our foreign members find online tests for their countries?

monster · 07-29-2012, 09:38 PM

1) Here's the thread: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=2...tizenship+test

2) Foreign? World Wide Web, no? Are you hoping for answers from Martians?

3) Unless you're killing time at the Walmart checkout, just don't bother with the quiz -It takes about a minute per question

Lamplighter · 07-29-2012, 11:25 PM

... and there are 100 questions

I got through the first 50 with 50 correct and was ready to quit.
I went ahead with #51... and missed it.

So I quit while I was at least ahead by that much.

ZenGum · 07-30-2012, 07:12 AM

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Could you pass a U.S. Citizenship Test?

Pass one? Mate, I don't see how I'm going to swallow one in the first place!

Sundae · 07-30-2012, 07:41 AM

Yuck yuck yuck.

I tried the alternative citizenship test.
I still failed.
Mayo? Really?

DanaC · 07-30-2012, 08:11 AM

73 out of 96

And even then there were quite a few that didn't so much test my knowledge of American culture so much as my ability to work out what the answer should be based on other knowledge.

Trilby · 07-30-2012, 08:43 AM

eek! 82 out of 96! or 85%.

a 'B' - story of my life.

eta - I liked the question about what the war between the North and South was called. There wasn't any answer that said, "The war of Northern Aggression," which is what the southerners call it, even today!

richlevy · 07-30-2012, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

eta - I liked the question about what the war between the North and South was called. There wasn't any answer that said, "The war of Northern Aggression," which is what the southerners call it, even today!

I actually heard some yahoo call it that on the floor of the Senate. If anyone ever says that to me I'm going to say "Is that the same as the War of Southern Stupidity?".

Trilby · 07-31-2012, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I actually heard some yahoo call it that on the floor of the Senate. If anyone ever says that to me I'm going to say "Is that the same as the War of Southern Stupidity?".

Hee!

I took a Civil War Lit. class (was pretty much a history class with lit. thrown in) and we read Tony Horwitz's Confederates In The Attic which is a fabulous read even if you aren't into the Civil War. His observations on Southern attitudes about that war, even in the 21st C., are pretty illuminating/surprising.

glatt · 07-31-2012, 08:57 AM

As a northerner moving down to the DC area after college, I was surprised at all the southerners I would run into who would pull that "war of northern aggression" bullshit. It amazed me. I had never been exposed to that before. The war was over a century ago and these yahoos were still all wrapped up in it. It was something I never gave a second thought. It lived in the same compartment in my brain as the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Old dusty history with no relevance to today.

Now that I've been down here 20+ years, I like it. It's interesting history and by keeping it alive they amuse me.

Check out this reenactment I went to last fall.
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Spexxvet · 07-31-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by richlevy

I actually heard some yahoo call it that on the floor of the Senate. If anyone ever says that to me I'm going to say "Is that the same as the War of Southern Stupidity?".

I call it "the war of southerners wanting to continue enslaving a race".

Undertoad · 07-30-2012, 10:25 AM

The winners get to name the war.

Sundae · 07-30-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

The winners get to name the war.

Which war was called "Ha ha ha kicked some American butt!"?

BrianR · 07-30-2012, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Which war was called "Ha ha ha kicked some American butt!"?

none.

perfect score here.

footfootfoot · 07-30-2012, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Which war was called "Ha ha ha kicked some American butt!"?

Vietnam?
Civil war?

07-29-2012, 09:03 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Could you pass a U.S. Citizenship Test? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test I got 92 out of 96. One of the ones I got wrong I find embarrassing. Can any of our foreign members find online tests for their countries? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

07-29-2012, 09:38 PM	#2
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	1) Here's the thread: http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=2...tizenship+test 2) Foreign? World Wide Web, no? Are you hoping for answers from Martians? 3) Unless you're killing time at the Walmart checkout, just don't bother with the quiz -It takes about a minute per question __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-30-2012, 08:43 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	eek! 82 out of 96! or 85%. a 'B' - story of my life. eta - I liked the question about what the war between the North and South was called. There wasn't any answer that said, "The war of Northern Aggression," which is what the southerners call it, even today! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-29-2012, 11:25 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	... and there are 100 questions I got through the first 50 with 50 correct and was ready to quit. I went ahead with #51... and missed it. So I quit while I was at least ahead by that much.

07-30-2012, 07:41 AM	#5
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Yuck yuck yuck. I tried the alternative citizenship test. I still failed. Mayo? Really? __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

07-31-2012, 08:57 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	As a northerner moving down to the DC area after college, I was surprised at all the southerners I would run into who would pull that "war of northern aggression" bullshit. It amazed me. I had never been exposed to that before. The war was over a century ago and these yahoos were still all wrapped up in it. It was something I never gave a second thought. It lived in the same compartment in my brain as the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. Old dusty history with no relevance to today. Now that I've been down here 20+ years, I like it. It's interesting history and by keeping it alive they amuse me. Check out this reenactment I went to last fall.

07-30-2012, 10:25 AM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The winners get to name the war.

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