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Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 11:16:55 AM   
hlen5


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I got 90 out of 96 correct.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 11:46:50 AM   
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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 11:49:36 AM   
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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 1:11:19 PM   
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Take the period off the end of the link and it will work.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 1:41:00 PM   
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ORIGINAL: hlen5
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test.
I got 90 out of 96 correct.


100%. I only had to really think hard once, and that was who is President if the President and VP aren't capable to serve.


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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 1:59:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		Damnit. I'm not continuing with that quiz. I keep getting the answers right.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 2:51:04 PM   
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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 3:36:48 PM   
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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 3:44:07 PM   
Tuub


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Using stuff that was made in a countrie doesn't mean anything..-.-

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 4:28:52 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have to disagree with the question [38] asking who does a U.S. Senator represent...there is no special interests spot to check off on.On the question [53] of what is the highest court in the land,I'm surprised Judge Judy wasn't listed. I missed 3 questions myself.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 5:45:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		85 of 96. I escaped deportation!

And I still think one of my answers was more correct than theirs.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 6:36:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		I missed one. I thought George Bush was the president. Then I woke up from my pleasant dream to this nightmare.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 6:42:36 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
85 of 96. I escaped deportation!
And I still think one of my answers was more correct than theirs.


There were several questions with accurate answers missing. Who enacts laws, who runs the executive branch, who passes laws, etc. The correct answer to all of those is really "Thy Corporate OverLords."


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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 7:30:46 PM   
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Nobody said there would be geography.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/14/2013 7:41:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		I took the test and missed four out of the 96.

I thought the secretary of the navy was a cabinet post, it aint.

I missed the number of Representatives, the correct answer was 435.

The other two I cant remember.



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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/15/2013 12:07:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		89 out of 96 correct.

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/15/2013 8:52:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		Scored 88. Am actually embarrassed about some of the ones I answered incorrectly as I feel that I should have known the answers!

And the cynical side of me did have to laugh at some of the questions and answers. Yes, all fine in theory, but then there is the way things really work. And something tells me most immigrants are actually painfully aware of how things actually work, both here, and in the world generally.

I'm curious, though, as to the real purpose of this test. Do we actually think that knowing the answers to this particular set of questions makes someone a better citizen? Or is it just the notion that a citizen should just have a certain basic understanding of the U.S. history and politics - even if it bears no relation to their participation as a citizen?

Quite frankly, I could care less if a new citizen can answer these questions. I am more interested in their active participation in their communities - through work, voting, paying taxes, abiding by the law (but also being able to stand up to the law when necessary), etc. And I am not convinced that this quiz enhances anyone's ability to do this. I mean, I get why the quiz exists, but really, isn't it a bit trite?

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/15/2013 9:49:13 AM   
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ORIGINAL: fucktoyprincess
Scored 88. Am actually embarrassed about some of the ones I answered incorrectly as I feel that I should have known the answers!
And the cynical side of me did have to laugh at some of the questions and answers. Yes, all fine in theory, but then there is the way things really work. And something tells me most immigrants are actually painfully aware of how things actually work, both here, and in the world generally.
I'm curious, though, as to the real purpose of this test. Do we actually think that knowing the answers to this particular set of questions makes someone a better citizen? Or is it just the notion that a citizen should just have a certain basic understanding of the U.S. history and politics - even if it bears no relation to their participation as a citizen?
Quite frankly, I could care less if a new citizen can answer these questions. I am more interested in their active participation in their communities - through work, voting, paying taxes, abiding by the law (but also being able to stand up to the law when necessary), etc. And I am not convinced that this quiz enhances anyone's ability to do this. I mean, I get why the quiz exists, but really, isn't it a bit trite?


We have natural-born citizens that have no capacity or desire for active participation in their communities. Many of the questions, do require a basic understanding of how our Government was set up, and there are a few regarding rights of Citizens vs. rights of non-citizen residents. I don't know that the test, in and of itself, is supposed to teach anything other than a general understanding. The classes, imo, should expound on the various ways a person can participate.


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  • Help for the truly needy
  • Limited Government
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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/15/2013 2:45:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

quote:

ORIGINAL: hlen5
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0104/Could-you-pass-a-US-citizenship-test.
I got 90 out of 96 correct.


100%. I only had to really think hard once, and that was who is President if the President and VP aren't capable to serve.



That's one I got wrong, I switched the 3rd and 4th in lines, oops!

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RE: Give It a Try! - 2/15/2013 2:48:40 PM   
hlen5


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ORIGINAL: Tuub

I would rather shoot myself then to become a US citzen, so no thanks;)


Are you dyslexic, by any chance??

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