Test your knowledge

If you had to take the oral exam to become a U.S. Citizen, could you pass?  

For the first time since 1986, the Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated its' questions to test people for citizenship in the United States.  You receive a list of 100 questions AND their answers.  The questions quiz your knowledge on the U.S. Government, American History, the rights of citizenship, and geography.  (You also have to pass an English writing test)  When your day arrives, you are given an oral exam of 10 of those 100 questions.  You must pass six of the ten questions to pass.  

FOXNews.com went to Time Square in NYC with 10 of these questions and asked 10 people.   Can you answer enough to pass?  (Without cheating and googling them)  

1. What does the Constitution do?

2. What do we call the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

3. Name one branch or part of the government.

4. We elect a U.S. representative for how many years?

5. How many justices are on the Supreme Court?

6. How old do citizens have to be to vote for president?

7. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

8. There were 13 original states.  Name three.

9. Who was president during World War 1?

10. Name one U.S. territory.

The results of the persons asked at Time Square:

3 of 10 persons asked the 10 questions got 9 correct. (All American born U.S. Citizens)

2 got 8 of 10 correct (One of these is a naturalized citizen)

3 got 6 out of 10 correct.  (One is a British citizen hoping to become a U.S. Citizen, the other 2 are a 5th and 8th grader)

1 got 5 of 10 correct. (American born U.S. Citizen)

1 got 4 out of 10 correct.  (But come on, he's a 3rd grader)

For the full list of questions, look here.