Citizenship TestQuestions that ask for more than one answer
Most civics questions need one answer, even when the list shows many. A few ask for two, three or five. Give fewer and the answer is not complete.
We went through both official lists and pulled out every question whose wording asks for more than one item. There are 7 in the 2025 list and 6 in the 2008 list. Because there are so few, it is worth preparing each of them separately: decide now exactly which items you will say, and always say them in the same order.
2025 version
| No. | Question | Accepted answers |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. | Equality; Liberty; Social contract; Natural rights; Limited government; Self-government |
| 48 | What are two Cabinet-level positions? | Attorney General; Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of Commerce; Secretary of Education; Secretary of Energy; Secretary of Health and Human Services; Secretary of Homeland Security; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of Labor; Secretary of State; Secretary of Transportation; Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Secretary of War (Defense); Vice-President; Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Administrator of the Small Business Administration; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Director of National Intelligence; United States Trade Representative |
| 65 | What are three rights of everyone living in the United States? | Freedom of expression; Freedom of speech; Freedom of assembly; Freedom to petition the government; Freedom of religion; The right to bear arms |
| 67 | Name two promises that new citizens make in the Oath of Allegiance. | Give up loyalty to other countries; Defend the (U.S.) Constitution; Obey the laws of the United States; Serve in the military (if needed); Serve (help, do important work for) the nation (if needed); Be loyal to the United States |
| 69 | What are two examples of civic participation in the United States? | Vote; Run for office; Join a political party; Help with a campaign; Join a civic group; Join a community group; Give an elected official your opinion (on an issue); Contact elected officials; Support or oppose an issue or policy; Write to a newspaper |
| 81 | There were 13 original states. Name five. | New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia |
| 126 | Name three national U.S. holidays. | New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents Day (Washington’s Birthday); Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day |
2008 version
| No. | Question | Accepted answers |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? | life; liberty; pursuit of happiness |
| 36 | What are two Cabinet-level positions? | Secretary of Agriculture; Secretary of Commerce; Secretary of Defense; Secretary of Education; Secretary of Energy; Secretary of Health and Human Services; Secretary of Homeland Security; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of Labor; Secretary of State; Secretary of Transportation; Secretary of the Treasury; Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Attorney General; Vice President |
| 51 | What are two rights of everyone living in the United States? | freedom of expression; freedom of speech; freedom of assembly; freedom to petition the government; freedom of religion; the right to bear arms |
| 55 | What are two ways that Americans can participate in their democracy? | vote; join a political party; help with a campaign; join a civic group; join a community group; give an elected official your opinion on an issue; call Senators and Representatives; publicly support or oppose an issue or policy; run for office; write to a newspaper |
| 64 | There were 13 original states. Name three. | New Hampshire; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Georgia |
| 100 | Name two national U.S. holidays. | New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents’ Day; Memorial Day; Juneteenth; Independence Day; Labor Day; Columbus Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving; Christmas |
A ready set for each
These are our suggestions for short sets that are easy to say. Any items from the accepted answers are equally right.
- Two ideas from the Declaration and the Constitution (2025): equality and liberty.
- Two rights in the Declaration (2008): life and liberty.
- Two Cabinet-level positions: Secretary of State and Attorney General. Both appear in the accepted answers of both lists. (The lists differ on some other titles, so check yours.)
- Rights of everyone living in the United States: freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly. Say the first two if your list asks for two.
- Promises in the Oath of Allegiance: obey the laws of the United States, and defend the Constitution.
- Civic participation: vote, and join a political party.
- Original states: New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia and Maryland. The 2008 list asks for three, the 2025 list for five.
- National holidays: Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The 2008 list asks for two, the 2025 list for three.
Check each item of your chosen set against the accepted answers in the tables above before you memorise it. Then practise the whole set as one phrase.
Questions that only sound like they need more
"Name the three branches of government" in the 2025 list is answered with one phrase: legislative, executive and judicial. "What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?" is also one phrase: the Senate and House. Learn these as single answers.
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