Since it is Independence Day, dazzle your friends, family, and fellow Ordinary Times commentors with your civics knowledge.
Before partaking in the ceremonies, all aspiring U.S. citizens must pass a two-part test. The first part requires test takers to demonstrate an understanding of English. The second part is an oral exam of 10 civics questions chosen from a list of 100.
The Washington Post set up 10 multiple choice questions based on the list of 100 questions USCIS provides as study material to help readers gauge how they would perform. Test takers must answer six questions correctly to pass. Can you?
Take the ten question quiz for yourself here, comment with your results, and discuss:
I’m ashamed at my 9 correct out of 10.Report
I had to guess on one. I’m blaming the phrasing. Also, the sun was in my eyes.Report
Yeah the one question I asked the phrasing was wonky and threw me off, and I went all of the above instead of just two of the threeReport
10/10.Report
10/10. Does everyone get the same ten questions?Report
Question #10 in my set was about geography. I could easily imagine someone who had spent their time in coastal cities having to simply guess at it.Report
Mine too. That was the one I almost got wrong. But 10 outta 10, bay-bay!Report
10 questions randomized out of a list of 100 is what it claimsReport
10/10, but question 6 involves some hairsplitting to pick the better answer.Report
10/10
Happy Fourth even to those people who didn’t get all the answers correct.Report
10/10, though I had to guess the rivers question.Report