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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At Home in the Parliament of Whores.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?
(a) Bernie Sanders.
(b) Byron Dorgan.
(c) Carl Levin.
(d) Joe Biden.

2. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?
(a) Collateral damage.
(b) Illnesses being brought back to the U.S.
(c) The use of weapons in a war.
(d) Racial slurs said by soldiers.

3. Where was the Republican convention held that O'Rourke attended?
(a) Seattle.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Chicago.

4. Townsfolk from O'Rourke's town decided that any new sewer system costing more than how much had to be approved by a special town meeting?
(a) $300,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $175,000.

5. What kind of life does O'Rourke say Americans lead?
(a) A sad life.
(b) A spoiled life.
(c) A whiffle life.
(d) A complex life.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what state was Dukakis governor in 1988?

2. What is the name of the alliance that O'Rourke traveled into poverty stricken areas with?

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

4. The author blames the savings and loan collapse on soaring interest rates caused by what administration?

5. Who said, "What we want from the taxpayers is continual cooperation!" in regard to America's drug problem?

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