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Could you pass a US citizenship test?

dudalb said:
It's the clearest one, yes.
But the Finiacial Crisis answer might fool some people since that would include the whole feud over taxes, and that was a much bigger cause of the revolution then the Quartering Acts. I suspect more people remember "No Taxation Without Representation " from their high school history then the Quartering acts, which were a minor cause.
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The Quartering Acts were the basis for the (largely forgotten) third amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
 
Thermal said:
Should historical trivia really be the standard for citizenship, though? How about familiarity with principles of a constitutional republic and representative legislation and all?
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They are only interested in the historical questions so thus "test" only covers that area.

I got number 1 wrong (I guessed) and number 10 wrong. It was all about housing your army?
 
I don't think it is wrong to expect someone wanting to become a citizen in a country to have to learn about that country and then pass a test, even if most of the current citizens couldn't pass a similar test. Outside of asylum and refugees if you want to become a citizen then it is up to you to demonstrate you know what that entails, the country's historical roots included.
 
Wow...
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Although there were a few I 'thought' I might know the answer but wasn't sure of, so put unsure instead, I could have gotten a slightly better score by 5 or 6 if I was willing to 'guess'

Most of the rest were- 'not a clue'
I wonder how many US posters could pass an Aussie one though...
(Scary, I was born here and lived here my whole life and barely passed!)
New Australian Citizenship Practice Tests - Page 1
Results

16 of 20 questions answered correctly

Your time: 00:03:30

Your score: 80.00%

PASS

Answer 15 questions correctly to pass
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http://www.theaustraliantest.com/new-australian-citizenship-test/1
Some of them though were "huh??"
(My knowledge of the Torres Straight Islanders is practically zero, and have never met one, not surprising as there is only 4500 of them, yet there is a question about their flag.... didn't even know they had one....)
 
Dabop said:
Wow...
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Although there were a few I 'thought' I might know the answer but wasn't sure of, so put unsure instead, I could have gotten a slightly better score by 5 or 6 if I was willing to 'guess'

Most of the rest were- 'not a clue'
I wonder how many US posters could pass an Aussie one though...
(Scary, I was born here and lived here my whole life and barely passed!)

http://www.theaustraliantest.com/new-australian-citizenship-test/1
Some of them though were "huh??"
(My knowledge of the Torres Straight Islanders is practically zero, and have never met one, not surprising as there is only 4500 of them, yet there is a question about their flag.... didn't even know they had one....)
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Yeah I saw that one and did think it was a tad obscure! I guessed and got it wrong.
 
Puppycow said:
Here's the very first question I encountered:

Australians are free to follow any belief of their choosing:

1. Unconditionally
2. Only if their belief is approved by the police
3. Only if they do not break the law
4. Only if their belief is accepted by the Queen
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I mean, I'm not an Australian, but only one answer is remotely reasonable.
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It helps if you follow the thread about David Icke in the SI&CE subforum. Otherwise it might not be so obvious that the correct answer is 4). ;)
 
Darat said:
They are only interested in the historical questions so thus "test" only covers that area.

I got number 1 wrong (I guessed) and number 10 wrong. It was all about housing your army?
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Well, your army :) . IIRC, one of the grievances against the Crown listed in the Declaration of Independence was complaining about providing free room and board for British military stationed in the colonies. Americans don't normally associate that with the reasons for rebelling (we look for the taxation without representation angle), but we also don't use the word 'quartering', so it was a memory-jogger for me.
 
Puppycow said:
Another one from the Australian citizenship test:


:D
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How did you guys get so many softballs? Mine were mostly the colors of the Aboriginal flag and some other indigenous people trivia, proper titles for territory government positions, and other Australia-specific general knowledge.
 
So it turns out I could be an American if I wanted, I couldn't be an Australian even if I wanted, and mate, 250 questions? I wouldn't want to be Canadian in the first place.

Dave
 
Thermal said:
Well, your army :) . IIRC, one of the grievances against the Crown listed in the Declaration of Independence was complaining about providing free room and board for British military stationed in the colonies. Americans don't normally associate that with the reasons for rebelling (we look for the taxation without representation angle), but we also don't use the word 'quartering', so it was a memory-jogger for me.
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Quartering - otherwise known as the government of the day needing to put the troops somewhere, but Parliament (or in this case the Colonial legislature) will not authorize the expenditure of money on proper barracks because "reasons."
 
Puppycow said:
Several of the questions are not Canada-specific, like the question about insulin. Anyone with basic medical knowledge could derive the answer. The one I got wrong was Canada-specific.

Several of them can be figured out by process of elimination too. I didn't really know the right answer but was able to identify wrong answers.
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Being able to figure out answers that you don't already know really should be a desirable characteristic in new citizens, though.


catsmate said:
That was easy, 19/19. However several of the answers are arguable, if not actually wrong.
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dudalb said:
Yeah, they tried to be clever and put in a few trick answers.The causes of the Amereican Revolution question is an example.
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Yeah, I got 15/19, most of which were because of not knowing exact dates and numbers, but this one annoyed me. The "reason" they gave was more like an "excuse". Unlike above, they seem to value remembering the propaganda more than figuring out the real answer! :D
 
Border Reiver said:
Quartering - otherwise known as the government of the day needing to put the troops somewhere, but Parliament (or in this case the Colonial legislature) will not authorize the expenditure of money on proper barracks because "reasons."
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I didn't realize that barracks expenditure was the problem, thought it was basically providing a free bed-and-breakfast for traveling soldiers
 
Thermal said:
Well, your army :) . IIRC, one of the grievances against the Crown listed in the Declaration of Independence was complaining about providing free room and board for British military stationed in the colonies. Americans don't normally associate that with the reasons for rebelling (we look for the taxation without representation angle), but we also don't use the word 'quartering', so it was a memory-jogger for me.
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Yeah but prior to independence it was “our“ army.
 
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