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The Constitution & the Rule of Law

7 official civics questions from the 2008 version (100 questions) of the USCIS naturalization test — the 2008 test applies if USCIS received your Form N-400 before October 20, 2025. Topic area: american government — a: principles of american democracy. On test day the officer asks 10 questions from the full bank of 100 and you need 6 correct.

  1. What is the supreme law of the land?

    Answer: the Constitution

  2. What does the Constitution do?

    Answer: sets up the government

  3. The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?

    Answer: We the People

  4. What is an amendment?

    Answer: a change (to the Constitution)

  5. What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?

    Answer: the Bill of Rights

  6. How many amendments does the Constitution have?

    Answer: twenty-seven (27)

  7. What is the “rule of law”?

    Answer: Everyone must follow the law.

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