US Citizenship Exam

[liquidsolid]

27/30 and I'm a citizen. I passed cause you only need 60% or something to pass. Glad I know enough about my own country to live here. One of the questions was bullshit though. There are four amendments in the constitution that describe who can vote. Describe one. I picked: Any person of any race can vote. WRONG! Wait? only men can vote? wait what?!?!

...There is an amendment that says that white, male landowners are the only ones who can vote. There is NO amendment that says that anyone of any race can vote.

Technically, the test is right.

The Amendments I had in mind were the 15th which states "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or pervious condition of servitude." and the 19th which states "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."

So I assumed that "any person of any race can vote" was what they were looking for as opposed to "any male of any race can vote" which was the "right" answer. Fair enough?

I understand what you're saying, but it didn't say 'What amendment is the one we're using right now.' Just to pick one of them. 'Any person of any race can vote' still wasn't an amendment. 'Anyone who is a citizen can vote' is basically what the 15th amendment says. In the context of that amendment, the part about race is essentially flavor text. The important part is the citizen part.

Yes I understand. Actually I think the important part was the "describe one" because what I did was describe two separate amendments into one. In the context of the 15th amendment, women who were citizens still couldn't vote until the 19th was passed.

 

[Munchu]

27/30 in the Florida test, but I lived there.

 

[Wade Wilson]

As a British citizen/subject, I answered 16 out of 24 questions correctly on the... peculiar UK citizenship test from the thread the OP references. This was the case even though, for some reason, the results said I failed to click answers for two questions. I probably misclicked during the test.

Conversely, on a 20 question citizenship test, provided by the OP, I answered 19 out of 20 questions correctly. The only one I answered incorrectly was "Who is the Governor of [Pennsylvania] now?", to which I was forced to guess between Steve Beshear and Tom Corbett.

Referencing the UK citizenship thread: TheVioletBandit can kiss my ass.


Edit: Just took a 50 question test for further giggles and only answered three questions incorrectly.

 

[ace_of_something]

49/50 on mine.

Though In my state they make you start learning all this stuff in elementary school as well as 'state history' all thru 2 whole grades...

The one i missed.

32) Why did the colonists fight the British?
A. because of financial crisis
B. to free the African slaves
C. to help native Indians to get freedom
D. because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

49/50.
Citizen in Washington.

48/50

US citizen in Illinois.

...I'm more American than you.
And I live in Seattle.

***** please.

You know its true.
I am the sole glue holding this entire country together with my sheer amount of awesomeness, after all.

begging your pardon, but 50/50 says chicago is the center of patriotism after all.

 

[Arsen]

Ours is pretty easy...
The excuses for not becoming a citizen are becoming a little too rampant these days.

 

[Aur0ra145]

30/30 for Texas, yup these things aren't very hard at all.

 

[Radeonx]

49/50.
Citizen in Washington.

48/50

US citizen in Illinois.

...I'm more American than you.
And I live in Seattle.

***** please.

You know its true.
I am the sole glue holding this entire country together with my sheer amount of awesomeness, after all.

begging your pardon, but 50/50 says chicago is the center of patriotism after all.

I can't deny that.
But since I am here, Redmond is the center of awesomeness.

 

[Rallus]

74% and 34 out of 50 for New York. Pretty good I reckon considering I'm from the UK.