A friend recently sent me the following from msnbc.com:
Could you pass the latest citizenship test?
In October 2008 a new version of the U.S. citizenship test will be taken by all applicants. Could you pass it? The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 samples that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview. Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones.
NOTES: Candidates are not given multiple choices in the naturalization interview. The following questions have been adapted from the immigration service’s sample questions.
1. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Hancock
2. When was the Constitution written?
1774
1776
1787
1865
3. What are the first words of the Constitution?
When, in the course of human events
In order to form a more perfect Union
To whom it may concern
We the People
4. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Preamble
The Bill of Rights
The Statute of Liberty
Declaration of Independence
5. Which of the following is NOT a right outlined in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence?
Life
Liberty
Right to bear arms
Pursuit of Happiness
6. Which one of these is a right guaranteed by the First Amendment? Freedom of the press
Right to trial by jury
Right to bear arms
Right to happiness
7. How many amendments does the Constitution have?
10
17
23
27
8. Why does the United States flag have 13 stripes?
One for each state in the Union
The number of seats in the Cabinet
They represent the 13 original colonies
One for each article of the Constitution
9. Which of these was NOT among the original states?
New Hampshire
New York
Delaware
Maine
10. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
Louisiana
Vermont
Alaska
Maine
11. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government. Which of the following is NOT a federal power?
To declare war
To print money
To declare treaties
To provide education
12. Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of the government?
Federal
Judicial
Executive
Legislative
13. The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
100
365
435
646
14. We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
2
4
6
8
15. In what month do we vote for President?
January
February
September
November
16. If both the President and Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
The Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
17. Who was president during World War I?
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
18. How many justices are there on the U.S. Supreme Court?
3
5
7
9
19. Who is the Chief Justice of the United States?
John Paul Stevens
John G. Roberts, Jr
Antonin Scalia
Samuel Alito
20. What did Susan B. Anthony do?
Hid John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln
Designed and made the original U.S. flag
Designed the original U.S. currency
Fought for women’s rights
Click here to actually take the quiz and see how you score. (By the way, I took it and got one wrong.)
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