Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

The U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services unveiled a revised civic portion of its citizenship test in October.The test is unchanged in format– it consists of 10 questions drawn from a pool of 100, and you have to answer six correctly– but it purports to focus more on the principles of our government rather than memorized facts.

MSNBC offers a practice test, which many Americans would probably fail. Arguably, knowing who said “Give me liberty or give me death” has little bearing on whether someone is fit to become American, but going to the trouble to study these details likely shows that potential citizens are serious about it.

Give it a try here.