Study for the United States’ citizenship test
The real civics test is spoken. An officer asks up to 10 of the 100 questions out loud at your naturalization interview, you answer in your own words, and it stops the moment you have 6 right. It runs in the same sitting as the English reading, writing and speaking checks, so the civics part is over in minutes.
Practice here is multiple choice, in both the units and the full test. The interview is spoken, so this page once asked you to type your answer instead, and that turned out to punish people for wording a right answer differently from USCIS, which is the one thing an officer would not do. Work through the units to learn the list, then sit the full test to check it holds. There is no official clock at the interview, so the 10 minutes on the full test is our own limit rather than a real rule.
Study one unit at a time
The Constitution
The supreme law, the first three words, and what an amendment is.
Worldly is not affiliated with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Official tests change: always confirm current requirements at the official source. Question set last verified July 26, 2026. Official source
About the USCIS Naturalization Civics Test
This is the older civics test, kept here for the applicants it still applies to: anyone who filed before 20 October 2025. One hundred questions in the pool, up to ten asked out loud, six right to pass.
If you filed on or after that date, this is the wrong set to study. The 2025 edition is a larger pool with a higher bar, and it is practiced separately.
Common questions
Should I be practicing this edition?
Only if you filed before 20 October 2025. Everyone who filed on or after that date sits the 2025 test instead, which has a larger pool and a higher pass mark. Check the filing date on your receipt notice before you study either one.
Is the real civics test multiple choice?
No. The officer asks each question out loud and you answer in your own words, so any correct phrasing counts. Practice here is multiple choice anyway, because there is no fair way for a website to mark a spoken answer: a right answer worded differently from the official list came back wrong, and that teaches you nothing an officer would ever tell you. Read the answer you picked back to yourself out loud and you have covered the difference.
What happens if you fail?
You get a second chance. USCIS re-tests you on the portion you failed at a second interview, normally sixty to ninety days later.
Is the civics test the whole naturalization test?
No. There is also an English test covering reading, writing and speaking. The speaking part is judged from your ordinary conversation with the officer during the same interview.