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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. 109-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?
(a) The media.
(b) The Green party.
(c) The American people.
(d) The residents of Washington, D.C.

2. Who does O'Rourke say has more respect for their electorates than the American parties?
(a) The Soviet Communists.
(b) The Canadian constitutional monarchy.
(c) The Saudi Arabian absolute monarchy.
(d) The Iranian republic.

3. George H. W. Bush ran his presidential campaign on the idea that he would be a second helping of whom?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

4. What Audi model does O'Rourke say was deemed unsafe because of "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) Audi A2.
(b) Audi 5000.
(c) Audi A4.
(d) Audi 80.

5. In what year did a flag desecration case take place?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?

2. Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?

3. What platform did O'Rourke say the Republicans ran on in 1988?

4. In what year did a national newspaper print a story about "runaway car syndrome"?

5. When all the delegates from both political parties get together, O'Rourke says they act like what club members?

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