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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Government: What the Fuck Do They Do All Day and Why Does it Cost So Goddamned Much Money? pp. 154-184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What exists in a state of perpetual failure because motion is valued above direction and achievement?
(a) The Republican party.
(b) Government.
(c) Social security.
(d) The Democratic party.

2. At what time of day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?
(a) 10:15 p.m.
(b) 6:58 a.m.
(c) 3:47 p.m.
(d) 5:07 a.m.

3. What is the "largest part" of the USS Mobile Bay, according to the author?
(a) Guns.
(b) Men.
(c) Electronics.
(d) Explosives.

4. In "Defense Policy: Cry 'Havoc!' and "Let Slip the Hogs of Peace," O'Rourke worried that what country still posed a threat and might be waiting for America to fall beneath the weight of its own dissent?
(a) Russia.
(b) Italy.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Germany.

5. What is the USS Mobile Bay?
(a) A submarine.
(b) A tank.
(c) A helicoptor.
(d) A missile platform.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?

2. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?

3. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?

4. O'Rourke begins "Protectors of a Blameless Citizenry: The Bureaucracy" by talking about what government department?

5. O'Rourke says it is best to simply stay away from what Afghani tribesman?

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