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The new citizenship test

Posted at 12:26 PM on October 1, 2008 by Bob Collins (17 Comments)

As for the old citizenship test...

Comments (17)

Whew, I'm in. There a few tough ones in there. Now if only you had to pass this test to graduate from high school.

Posted by Alison | October 1, 2008 12:32 PM

I though that new test is great ,and easy , and i wish i could passs next year.

Posted by jama | October 1, 2008 12:43 PM

should I even say what I got for a score, I'm in but close.

Posted by brian hanf | October 1, 2008 12:47 PM

By the skin o my teeth.

Maybe that's why Naturalized Citizens seem to have such a greater appreciation and love for this country than do many U.S. born citizens. They actually know the history of this country.

Posted by Joel | October 1, 2008 1:14 PM

I'm in with no problem.

Posted by Jess | October 1, 2008 1:18 PM

I managed to 11/15 - a "pass" - but would be teased mercilessly by a pal from Canada for the ones I missed (and should not have), that he knows backwards and forwards...like the World War I question...

Posted by Anna | October 1, 2008 1:20 PM

In like Flynn. Missed the number of amendments, the freedom to run for office & the question on federalist paper authors.

Posted by bsimon | October 1, 2008 1:26 PM

Perfect score. Woohoo!

Posted by Paul | October 1, 2008 1:37 PM

13 out of 15? amendments and federalist papers. That said, I wonder how many high school or college age people would get this many?

And of course these questions pop up as I think about this: Are these the only questions? Are there more? Should this be required for ALL citizens (and what rights does that intrude upon?)?

Posted by boB Sinclair | October 1, 2008 1:40 PM

There are 100 questions from which 10 are pulled. The pool is pretty easy.

Posted by Bob Collins | October 1, 2008 1:54 PM

11 of 15 (whew!). Love that Craig Ferguson!

Posted by momkat | October 1, 2008 3:39 PM

13/15

I only knew the federalist papers' authors because I had to read a paper about them in my stats class in college. Historians aren't exactly sure who wrote them all, so they have used statistics to try to figure it out.

Posted by brian | October 1, 2008 4:46 PM

14/15. The Federalist Papers one tripped me up.

Posted by Mac Wilson | October 1, 2008 4:48 PM

can anybody tell me where i could get the rest of the questions, i will appercaite that.
thank you

Posted by abshir | October 2, 2008 11:07 AM

Yes, Abshir, you can find the questions here (pdf file).

Good luck!

Posted by Bob Collins | October 2, 2008 2:17 PM

Confused Declaration author with Constitution author, and the federal papers messed me up.
13 out of 15

Posted by Anthony Lanzetta | October 3, 2008 6:53 AM

15 out of 15. I don't even read about this stuff. Gloat.

Posted by Aaron | February 24, 2012 10:37 AM