"A Quiz for Would-Be Citizens Tests Germans' Attitudes
By RICHARD BERNSTEIN
Published: March 29, 2006
BERLIN, March 28 — What's the capital of Germany? Well, pretty much everybody knows that one. It's Berlin, of course.
But how about these questions: 'Which convention gathered at St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt in 1848?' 'Name three mountains in Germany.' 'Which German physicist revolutionized medical diagnosis in 1895?'
If you are a foreigner living in Germany and do not know that the National Assembly was the convention that gathered in 1848, or that the 1895 scientist was Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, you might not be able to become a German citizen — not, at least, if a new citizenship test for foreigners is adopted by the national government."
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