http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/01/citizenship.test/index.html

"CLARKSTON, Georgia (CNN) -- James Yarsiah listened to his college classmates discuss whether the civics component of the new U.S. naturalization test -- which prospective citizens can start taking Wednesday -- is more challenging than its predecessor.

Are new conceptual questions such as, "What does the Constitution do?" more difficult than old queries like "What is the Constitution?" Is a question with a range of acceptable answers, such as the new "What is one reason colonists came to America?" preferable to the old "Why did the Pilgrims come to America?"