Good point. The number of amendments was a meaningless question. Teaching about the debate related to passage of an amendment rarely happens. The fact that some amendments were passed without southern states having any vote is rarely considered(or the 'vote' was done by military representatives under military rule without regard to actual residents.) There was a great deal of controversy about the ratification of the 16th amendment but that is never considered.

Oh no, I didn't know who the current governor of Arizona was...

The critics say it's a bad thing because it requires "rote memorization" - I think it would be a damned good thing if kids had to memorize at least 100 things about our government... maybe when the government decided to step on liberties, something would click in their minds and they'd not follow the wolves like sheep.

The problem is that government only approves teaching the 'civics' that suits governments' purposes: to cover up that government doesn't work and those in government pervert it for their own goals. Instead of trusting government ( and hiding the unintended consequences of centralized government power), liberals would be better served to believe Rand when she observes human nature's tendency toward self interest.

when I was in school at least they attempted to teach us about government, how it works,how and why we have the form of government we do, it seems like a no
brainer that this would be included in our education today, but then there isn't much brain power being used in the education system now

Agree with edweaver. The 'civics' that is taught bears little resemblance to the political corporatocracy system that makes debt serfs of most people and gives a voice to very few.
With "all due respect", this test is lip service only.

While this sounds like a good idea on the surface, the questions that were asked are easy to study. IMHO they hold little value in what this country is about. If the questions make them read the Constitution and answer questions specifically about it they would have more value and may help move us in the right direction.