Are You Smart Enough to Be German?

[Loki]

Are You Smart Enough to Be German?

SPIEGEL ONLINE has compiled a quiz based on Germany's new citizenship test. If you think you know what "zero hour" means or have an inkling about what the North-Rhine Westphalian flag looks like, then don't be shy: Take the test.

[Kempenzoon]

Euhm. If you make a mistake, it tells you to retry.

Then by the end, you get 33/33 points, no matter how many mistakes you actually made.

Is that on purpose to parody the test-taking by foreigners, or is that an oversight? Anyway, I had 3 mistakes, but I never studied Germany specifically, so answered them all from basic European history and politics classes and made some educated guesses like which classes in elementary school are voluntarily.

[Jamt]

You scored 26 out of a possible 33 points.

Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport.

[Útrám]

How long until the Turkish mob will start selling the test's answers via SMS?

[SwordoftheVistula]

31/33

I hope the real test is harder

[Óttar]

31 out of 33.

Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport.

I got the Easter question wrong. Who knew Germans painted eggs too? I thought the German constitution was called Bundesgesetz, after all, everything else is called Bundes- this Bundes- that.

I laughed at question #1. Why can someone criticize the policies of the German government?

What!? Germans can freely criticize their government?! Surely only if they're Turks.

[Gooding]

You scored 33 out of a possible 33 points.

Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport.

I'm stunned, I tell you.Stunned.

[Lars]

You scored 30 out of a possible 33 points.

Well done! You would have no problem getting a German passport.

Heh. I got the last three questions wrong.
They should ask about one's ancestry and alligence instead of a few

[Lulletje Rozewater]

I got 66 out of 33.
Hey, I must be a Neanderthal Netherlander

[Tabiti]

31 out of 33.


I got the Easter question wrong. Who knew Germans painted eggs too? I thought the German constitution was called Bundesgesetz, after all, everything else is called Bundes- this Bundes- that.

I think all christians paint eggs, no matter it is not a christian tradition in its roots.
I got only few questions regarding such as "capital cities" and "flags" wrong, so I, as non living in Germany and not having any special interest, suppose this test to be quite easy. Anyway, I think most of the turks or immigrants, even those born in Germany, would find it harder.