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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?
(a) "The Other America."
(b) "America on the Outs."
(c) "My America."
(d) "The Other Side."

2. O'Rourke says a cheap alternative to fix the failing school system could involve sending the children to what kind of school?
(a) Baptist.
(b) Military.
(c) Boarding.
(d) Catholic.

3. O'Rourke visited a government-owned complex with windows made of what?
(a) Steel.
(b) Thin plastic.
(c) Bullet-proof glass.
(d) Plexiglas.

4. What is the official office of the Drug Czar?
(a) Office of American Drug Control Policy.
(b) Office of National Drug Control Policy.
(c) Association of National Drug Reduction Policy.
(d) Association of American Drug Reduction Policy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke argues against military cuts by talking about the happiness that every male feels when he has what in his hand?

2. How much was the bailout of the savings-and-loan industry?

3. What Washington Square Press series does "The Negro in the City" belong to?

4. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?

5. What percent of poor people in America own their own homes, according to George Gilder?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does O'Rourke fault environmentalists for making "big business" out to be the enemy?

2. How does O'Rourke feel about Panama when he goes there in the wake of Operation Just Cause?

3. How does O'Rourke feel about American poverty at the beginning of "Poverty Policy: How to Endow Privation"?

4. Why does O'Rourke believe that a lot of money should be spent on the American military?

5. How does O'Rourke feel about his town government blocking the building of a golf course?

6. How did Blatherboro block the completion of a local golf course?

7. How does O'Rourke see a connection between the fear of crack cocaine in America and racism?

8. How does O'Rourke feel about the government's treatment of the nation's problem with drugs?

9. Who does O'Rourke blame for the savings and loan collapse?

10. Why does O'Rourke seem to think his family was stronger because they were not given any help?

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