Will You Have To Hand In Your Passport?

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  1. shiney

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    I failed. Like you say its a history exam and its not my strong point at all.

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    Felt I was on reasonably safe ground with this one but still got questions 4 and 8 wrong. Would have made more mistakes without multiple choice. With multiple choice you quickly learn that in many cases there's a stupid answer, a wrong but slightly more plausible one plus two versions of the correct answer, one with a subtle mistake to snare the unwary reader. But someone with no cultural background in the UK wouldn't be able to guess as efficiently.

    I also did the Guardian's 'alternative' quiz. 11/15. At least I got the Shakespeare plays in the right order.
     
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    Blimey, not as good as I thought I was. I only got 10/15, it says "If this was the real citizenship test you would need to wait a week and pay £50 to take the test again, and hand over your British passport " Where do I send the £50 to? some offshore collection service located in Bangalore no doubt.
     
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      :lunapic 130165696578242 5: 9 out of 15, I failed :th scifD36:
       
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      8 out of 15
       
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      10 out of 15. I'm hopeless at modern history. Medieval's my forte. :)
       
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      Hands up, who picked Canal builders?
       
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      Not me Robajobs, but I don't know what answers were right and wrong as I couldn't get it to display. :scratch:
       
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        Well, I answered the questions, clicked "submit" and all I got was a refreshed page??:dunno: Where's the result??:scratch:
         
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        It showed for me Sheal, it showed my answer of Canal builders was wrong...lol
         
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        Check you answered every question ;)
         
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        6 out of 15.. but this isn't really a realistic way of doing a citizenship test.. it should be about now.. for example everyday British life.
         
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          I must be letting the wine get to me.....re-answered the questions and got the result, thanks Robajobs:snork: 13 out of 15:hapydancsmil:
           
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            Ah! but one way of life is different to another!
             
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