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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. Who said Dan Quayle was "well-informed, intelligent, candid and engaging"?
(a) Jim Bellows.
(b) Morton Kondracke.
(c) Joseph Pulitzer.
(d) Piers Morgan.

2. What are the speeches called that O'Rourke heard when he visited the House of Representatives?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Three minutes.
(d) One minutes.

3. O'Rourke visited a filthy, smelly, government-subsidized apartment complex in what city?
(a) Newark.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Compton.

4. How many letters from citizens does O'Rourke imagine that congressmen receive each year?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Hundreds of thousands.
(c) More than one million.
(d) A few thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did O'Rourke give to the generation that was attending high school when his book was written?

2. Who wrote the pamphlet called "'The Poor among Us--Challenge and Opportunity"?

3. "Runaway car syndrome" is a situation where a vehicle spontaneously does what?

4. Who does O'Rourke say has more respect for their electorates than the American parties?

5. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?

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