Who Wrote These Questions?
In the sample 20 (of 200 possible) questions for prospective citizens, I’d do pretty well, but I truly wonder about the phrasing. Look at question 5, for example, “What is the floral emblem of Australia?” Floral emblem? You mean “national flower,” maybe? Who talks like that? Question 7 reads “In what city is the Parliament House of the Commonwealth Parliament located?” What pedant wrote that? Q17: “In Autralia, everyone is free to practice the religion of their choice, or practice no religion: true or false?” How does one practice no religion, watching football on t.v. instead of going to church? Maybe being able to parse the questions is part of the test.
27 August 2007
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So what is the floral emblem of Australia? And why bother? Just slap pictures of kangaroos on everything, I say.
Sorry, no citizenship for you.
How about a eucalyptus tree as floral emblem? Oh, wait. How many different kinds of those are there?
Never mind. I vote with Bill.
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