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1-in-3 pass ‘US Citizenship test,’ just 19% for Americans 45 and younger [Sample Test Linked]
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/03/2018 | Paul Bedard

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 ...


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: citizenship; education; history; immigrant
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Since none of the news articles gave a link to where one could take a sample test and be grade, I did a search and found this one offered by '800citizen.org'. You specify your state and select the number of questions (5/10/20/50). Happy to say that I got 49 of 50 within about 10 minutes or so. Try it, I'd love to challenge the LEFTist websites to do better than my fellow FReepers!
1 posted on 10/04/2018 1:42:13 PM PDT by SES1066
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To: SES1066

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 ___ ___ ___”


2 posted on 10/04/2018 1:48:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SES1066

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.


3 posted on 10/04/2018 1:51:02 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: SES1066

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3693149/posts

At least the 3rd post of same article.


4 posted on 10/04/2018 1:51:43 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: BenLurkin
It’s fourth and long. Score’s tied midway though the third quarter. What do you do?

If it’s the NFL, I change the channel.

5 posted on 10/04/2018 1:51:50 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
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To: P-Marlowe

Correct!


6 posted on 10/04/2018 1:52:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SES1066

The results should have been correlated with their political party.


7 posted on 10/04/2018 1:54:09 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: SES1066

Mark for later.


8 posted on 10/04/2018 1:56:06 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: BenLurkin

1: Fill in the blank: Hot dogs and BEER

2. The great American pastime is BEER

3. It’s fourth and long. Score’s 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


9 posted on 10/04/2018 1:57:01 PM PDT by z3n
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To: z3n

dilly dilly


10 posted on 10/04/2018 1:57:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SES1066

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.


11 posted on 10/04/2018 1:59:22 PM PDT by edwinland
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To: SES1066

You answered 23 of 24 CORRECT! Your score is in the 85th percentile.

How many amendments are there. I was only off by one...


12 posted on 10/04/2018 2:02:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: NEMDF
At least the 3rd post of same article.

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.

13 posted on 10/04/2018 2:05:25 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: SES1066

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


14 posted on 10/04/2018 2:07:02 PM PDT by glenduh
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To: edwinland
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.

We think alike, that was my one miss as well (I answered 'C')!

15 posted on 10/04/2018 2:08:40 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: edwinland

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.


16 posted on 10/04/2018 2:08:46 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: SES1066
I met a volunteer teacher at a Christian Sunday school in Canoga Park, Calif., she said she's foreigner, I ask her nationality, "... naturalized U.S. citizen now but native from Mexico." I asked a hyphothetical question, “who would you fight for if war between U.S. and Mexico would eventually erupt today?” She stumbled, nobody asked her that before. I asked, “didn't you swear your allegiance for the U.S.A.? And never again you'll say I'm foreigner.”
17 posted on 10/04/2018 2:09:04 PM PDT by hamboy
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To: BenLurkin

Beer
Baseball
Punt
America the Beautiful
got ‘em surrounded

I got 50/50


18 posted on 10/04/2018 2:10:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: glenduh
Was moving along quickly until this. What you say?

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.

19 posted on 10/04/2018 2:12:07 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: BenLurkin; z3n

20 posted on 10/04/2018 2:12:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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