Could you score high enough on the U. S. naturalization test that every
immigrant must pass in order to become an American citizen?
1 out of 3 American-born citizens couldn’t do it in a survey conducted by USA Today in 2012, and a year before that Newsweek did a poll, with the same
results.
As of March this year, the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department confirms that 91 percent of immigrants who take the test pass it.
To prepare for the exam, immigrants are given a list of 100 possible
questions with the satisfactory answers.
The test actually consists of 10 questions randomly selected from the
list—applicants must get at least six of them correct to pass the test.
Some of the questions are easier than others:
Here are a few samples:
12. What is
the “rule of law”?
41. Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the federal government.
What is one power of the federal government?
71. What
territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
How many of
the 100 questions can you answer?
And that's why we elected Obama, lack of knowledge of the electorate. Besides that you should read Alan Reynold's article in the WSJ 7/10/14 which totally debunks Piketty's book and the 1% ers. Very interesting....
ReplyDeleteI try to keep in mind that most of the folks who disagree with me believe they're doing the right thing. I'll be happier when most of them express an openness to being proved wrong....
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