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Gesellschaft und Familie: all 26 questions with answers

These 26 questions of the German citizenship test belong to the topic Gesellschaft und Familie. The correct answer is shown under each question; open it for the explanation.

  1. What can you be honored with in the Federal Republic of Germany if you have achieved something special in the political, economic, cultural, intellectual, or social field? With the …
  2. Who is allowed to become a member of the approximately 40 Jewish Makkabi sports clubs?
  3. Many people in Germany work on a voluntary basis in their free time. What does that mean?
  4. They want to abolish the bus route you always use to get to work. What can you do to keep the bus route?
  5. In Germany, parents can decide until their child turns 14 whether they participate at school in the …
  6. Mrs. Seger has a child. What does she have to do to receive parental allowance?
  7. Who decides whether a child goes to kindergarten in Germany?
  8. Who is not allowed to live together as a couple in Germany?
  9. At what age do you become an adult in Germany?
  10. A woman is pregnant. She is particularly protected by the law shortly before and after the birth of her child. What is this protection called?
  11. Raising children in Germany is primarily the responsibility of …
  12. Who is primarily responsible for raising children in Germany?
  13. If someone hits a child in Germany, …
  14. In Germany…
  15. In Germany, married couples are allowed to divorce. Most of the time they have to observe the “separation year” to do this. What does that mean?
  16. When parents have problems raising their children, they can receive help in Germany from the …
  17. What is the youth welfare office allowed to do in Germany?
  18. Where do you have to go first in Germany if you want to get married?
  19. A young woman in Germany, 22 years old, lives with her boyfriend. The woman's parents don't like this because they don't like her boyfriend. What can parents do?
  20. A young woman wants to get her driver's license. She is afraid of the exam because her native language is not German. What is right?
  21. Which way of life is not allowed in Germany?
  22. If you have parenting problems, in Germany you go …
  23. What do you need for a divorce in Germany?
  24. In most apartment buildings in Germany there is a "house rules" document ("Hausordnung"). What does such a document contain? It states …
  25. From which country did most migrants come to Germany?
  26. What applies to most children in Germany?