slate: the problem with question 36

a newly minted american writes about her experiences with the U.S. citizenship test and its many glaring errors, omissions and inaccuracies. at least bureaucratic nightmares can be entertaining:

I was asked Question 8: What did the Declaration of Independence do?

Heeding my lawyer’s advice, I went with the official answer: “declared our independence.”

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slate: the problem with question 36, by dafna linzer