Kansas high school seniors will soon take civics tests. Can you pass one?

After pressure from state lawmakers, the Kansas State Department of Education will trial a civics test for high school seniors next school year.

The pilot civics test could pave the way for a required assessment for all Kansas students, to gauge how effective the state's accredited school systems educate students about the country's history, government and civic principles.

But the department is moving forward with the civics test pilot over the objections of some Kansas State Board of Education members, who see the pilot as bowing to political pressure and an encroachment on the board's jurisdiction over curricula and instruction in Kansas' K-12 education system.

Education department officials have assured the state school board that there is no intention of moving forward with a multiple choice test modeled after the U.S. naturalization exam that all prospective citizens must take.

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How well would you do on a civics test? 

The Capital-Journal put together a civics quiz based on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' 2020 naturalization exam.

The 128 questions on that exam pull from the country's history and foundations of government. Prospective citizens are only asked a random selection of 20 questions from that overall list, but they must answer 12 out of 20 correctly in order to pass. Most applicants must also pass an English language reading, writing and speaking test in order to become citizens.