You recruit a blogsitter to sit for your blog while you are away. The internet gods get angry, and smite his internet connection. What do you do?

Easy, you visit Rob and steal one of his posts for some quick blogage. He's been on a quiz rampage lately, so this should be pretty quick. Lets see how I do on some of the questions from the Naturalization test.

I'm not sure if Rob wrote this test or not, because some of the questions repeat, and the numbering is all out of order.

1. According to the constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become president. Name one requirement.
You have to be at least 35 years old.

2. Can the Constitution be changed?
Yes. The Constitution has an Amendment process, whereby the Legislative branch passes the changes, and the states ratify them.

3. Can you name the 13 original states?
Yes. (That was easy)

4.Can you name the two senators from your state?
Yes. (another easy one.)

5. For how long do we elect each senator?
Most senators serve 25 or 30 years. Some seem to serve for 40 or 50. Technically they are elected to only 6 year terms, but with the passage of the Incumbent Protection Act, whereby you cannot criticize a sitting senator 60 days before he comes up for re-election, it is pretty much a lifetime term.

6. For how long do we elect the president?
We don't. The President is elected by the members of the electoral college. He serves for four years. The electors are chosen by the states, via popular election, so technically we have a hand in the process. But we really don't.

7. For how long do we elect the Representatives in Congress?
Two years, but the Incumbent Protection Act still applies.

8. How many amendments to the Constitution have been made so far?
Twenty Seven.

9. How many branches are there in our government?
Three.

10. How many changes or Amendments to the Constitution are there?
See number 8.

11. How many members are there in the Supreme Court? What is the term of office for these judges?
Nine. They serve for life, or until they retire.

12. How many Presidential electors does each state have?
They have an elector for each House Representative, with a minimum of three.

13. How many representatives are there in Congress?
435.

14. How many Senators are there in Congress?
One Hundred.

15. How many states are there in the union?
Who the hell cares? There were 13 Confederate States, and that is all you need to know. (Some people say 11, they are wrong).

16. How many states are there in the US?
Fifty.

17.How many stripes are there on the flag?
Thirteen.

14. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
Nine. See question 11.

15. How many terms can a president serve?
Two full terms.

16. How many times may a congressman be reelected?
As many times as he can win.

16. How many times may a senator be reelected?
Same.

17. In what month do we vote for the president?
November.

18. In what month is the new president inaugurated?
January.

19. In what year was the Constitution written?
1788. (I think?)

20. Name one amendment that guarantees or addresses voting rights?
Fourteenth, Fifteenth, the dreaded Seventeenth, and the very dreaded Nineteenth.

I didn't look up to see if I got all the answers right, but I bet I'm closer than most. Who thinks I'll get hate mail for my answer to number 20?

UPDATE: In looking at Mrs. DuToit's list of questions, it's no wonder that Peter Jennings waited so long to become a citizen.