What is the name of the national anthem?

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 98, in the same words.

The 2008 question lists the same answer.

Background

The national anthem is "The Star-Spangled Banner." Francis Scott Key wrote it after watching a battle during the War of 1812.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 98.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 123 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• A holiday to celebrate U.S. independence (from Britain)answers Question 125: What is Independence Day?
• (Because there is) one star for each stateanswers Question 122: Why does the flag have 50 stars?
• (The basic) rights of Americansanswers Question 6: What does the Bill of Rights protect?

More Symbols questions

• Question 119: What is the capital of the United States?Washington, D.C.
• Question 120: Where is the Statue of Liberty?New York (Harbor) · Liberty Island [Also acceptable are New Jersey, near New York City, and on the Hudson (River).]
• Question 121: Why does the flag have 13 stripes?(Because there were) 13 original colonies · (Because the stripes) represent the original colonies
• Question 122: Why does the flag have 50 stars?(Because there is) one star for each state · (Because) each star represents a state · (Because there are) 50 states
• Question 124: The Nation’s first motto was “E Pluribus Unum.” What does that mean?Out of many, one · We all become one