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British history quiz results: Could you be a UK citizen?

<Henry VIII> (1540) by Hans Holbein
Know your Henrys from your prime ministers? Tell us how you did in the Guardian's British history test Photograph: Gianni Dagli Orti/© Gianni Dagli Orti/CORBIS

Theresa May has confirmed that she wants to see a "more patriotic" emphasis in the citizenship test taken by all those who want to settle in Britain with a UK passport.

From this autumn the test is to be revised to include questions about British history for the first time with would-be citizens tested on their knowledge of Winston Churchill, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and the Rolling Stones.

The original author of the test, Sir Bernard Crick, refused to include British history on the grounds that 80% of the population couldn't answer the questions.

How did you get on? Is it time you were invited to a Buckingham Palace garden party or should you be ripping up your passport?

Take our British history test and tell us how you got on in comments below.

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