The Pew Research Center just did one of those polls that shows that Americans don't know a helluva lot about what's going on in their country…no grand surprise. Before you read the results, you might want to see how you fare with the same questions they asked those they surveyed. Take the test here. (I got 11 out of 12. I missed one because I misread the question. Then again, I got one right due to a lucky guess.)
The full results are here. But take the test before you look at 'em because they give away the answers.