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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Special Interest Groups: The Original Barrel of Monkeys That Nothing is More Fun Than.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does O'Rourke feel when he walks through a crowded, third-world bazaar in Afghanistan and sees the free market in action?
(a) Anger.
(b) Shock.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Admiration.

2. In what year did the government begin formulating agricultural policy?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1794.
(d) 1811.

3. Who does O'Rourke believe increases bureaucracy by forcing the government to address people's frivolous complaints?
(a) Angry parents.
(b) Consumer advocates.
(c) Print media.
(d) Advertising agencies.

4. For which presidential candidate did Lloyd Bentsen run as vice president?
(a) Dukakis.
(b) Perot.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Bush.

5. Who referred to lukewarm political relationships as "kiss on the lips but no tongue"?
(a) Stephen Kerr.
(b) Fred Barnes.
(c) Matthew Reed.
(d) Adam Neal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution deals with the right to "keep and bear arms"?

2. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say will be the only thing on the shelves at libraries?

3. What brand of beer does O'Rourke mention when saying that "runaway car syndrome" is the result of drinking while driving?

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?

5. In a disclaimer to the section, "Defense Policy: Cry 'Havoc!' and Let Slip the Hogs of Peace," O'Rourke says he now feels that what war may prove profitable?

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