Posted on 10/04/2018 1:42:13 PM PDT by SES1066
Just a third of Americans can pass a multiple choice "U.S. Citizenship Test," fumbling over such simple questions as the cause of the Cold War or naming just one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for.
And of Americans 45 and younger, the passing rate is a tiny 19 percent, according to a survey done for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Worse: The actual test only requires that 60 percent of the answers be correct. In the survey, just 36 percent passed.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Are you an American. Answer these five simple questions right and chances good you are:
1: Fill in the blank: Hot dogs and __________
2. The great American pastime is ________
3. It’s fourth and long. Score’s tied midway though the third quarter. What do you do?
4. Name this tune: “O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years”
5. Fill in the blanks. “Retreat hell, we ___ ___ ___”
I got them all right, but some of them were trick questions. “How many justices are on the Supreme Court?”—should you answer 8 or 9? Both are correct.
If its the NFL, I change the channel.
Correct!
The results should have been correlated with their political party.
Mark for later.
1: Fill in the blank: Hot dogs and BEER
2. The great American pastime is BEER
3. Its fourth and long. Scores tied midway though the third quarter. What do you do? GRAB A BEER BEFORE THE PUNT RETURN
4. Name this tune: O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the BEERS”
5. Fill in the blanks. Retreat hell, we BEER UP
Signed, Sincerely, -Young Kavanaugh
dilly dilly
I got two “wrong”
7) Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
A. election freedom
B. economic reasons
C. presidential conflicts
D. human rights
I think both B and D are right — freedom from slavery is a human right, but the “answer” turns out to be B.
32) What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy?
A. join a civic group and write to a newspaper
B. vote and volunteer as a social worker
C. serve on a jury and join a political party
D. write to a newspaper and speak in the United Nations
This is a pretty weird question. I’d say A or C (and maybe even D.) is participating in our democracy but apparently it’s only A.
You answered 23 of 24 CORRECT! Your score is in the 85th percentile.
How many amendments are there. I was only off by one...
Maybe but at least I included a link for a sample test whereas I did not see it on the others and made it clear on the title to differentiate. Sorry if I offended your bandwidth.
Was moving along quickly until this. What you say?
16) Name one right only for United States citizens.
A. go to a high school or a university
B. run for federal office
C. serve on a jury
D. live and work in the United States
We think alike, that was my one miss as well (I answered 'C')!
The questions on my test (Michigan) were worded slightly different than yours.
The only one I got “wrong” out of 50 was #32 (in your post). Chose C.
Beer
Baseball
Punt
America the Beautiful
got ‘em surrounded
I got 50/50
Made me think as well. Think it through, US Citizens ONLY is the criteria. A reminder that some of our fellow FReepers get very exercised about Ted Cruz and John McCain in an aspect of this.
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