Freedom: do you love it?

Where do you fit on the freedom scale?

a test courtesy of the jolly porter

1. When you hear the National Anthem you:

a. Sing it super loud and know all three verses. You are the first to stand when they sing it in Sacrament meeting and it makes others feel guilty. You resent that we don't sing all three verses, because the first verse is technically just a big long question.

b. Sing it mostly loud but drop out when it comes to "and the rockets red glare" and "o'er the land of the free" because those parts are really high and it's not like you're Mariah Carey.

c. You sing it, but you don't know a lot of the words. When you forget a part you just sing "watermelon, watermelon, ramparts, ramparts, watermelon."

d. You don't even fake like you know the words. Instead you act all sassy and sing "Oh, Canada."

2. When you first visited the Statue of Liberty in New York, you thought:

a. Wow, what a glorious symbol of steadfastness and heroism!

b. Wow, what a glorious symbol of steadfastness and heroism, even though French people made it.

c. That's actually not that big. It looked bigger in the pictures.

d. That's fine, but we should be getting back. Wicked starts at 7:30 and I'm not going to be late for that!

3. When the American flag passes by at the 4th of July parade, you:

a. Stand and salute, and you have a tear in your eye and a lump in your throat.

b. You stand up, but it takes a little while. The only time you jump to your feet is when the missionaries march by! (woot! woot!)

c. You are not going to stand up, but you feel patriotic anyway. If you stand up you are positive that a street urchin will steal your lawn chair, and you just bought those!

d. You don't even see the flag go by, because you are too anxious to see the cutest baby float.

4. Your favorite 4th of July movie is:

a. Band of Brothers. You watch all 16 hours in a foxhole you dug in the backyard and deny yourself popcorn and bathroom breaks.

b. The Music Man. A delightful slice of Americana which shows that liars and cheats will always be bailed out in the end.

c. Pearl Harbor. Because even though a lot of people died, the actors are super hot!

d. Dogville.

5. Your favorite thing about America is:

a. At least you know you're free. The rest of the world isn't.

b. In America we can have fancy things like the Las Vegas Strip.

c. It's really hard for foreigners to get in.

d. Nothing! I like Cuba way better.

OK. Time to tally up! For each time you answered A, give yourself 5 points. For each B answer, you get 4 points. Every time you answered C that's 3 points, and it's 2 points for every D. Got your score?

21-25 points: Way to go! You love freedom more than everyone else. That's fantastic. But maybe you are showing off a little.

17-20 points: You have realized that freedom isn't free. You enjoy participating in Civil War re-enactments.

13-16 points. Like most of Hollywood, you hate the war but love the troops. Secretly, like most of Hollywood, you hate the troops as well.

10-12 points. Hmmm, time to brush up on your Americana, Adolf!