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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. O'Rourke considers what war to be a rare success for U.S. foreign policy?
(a) The war in Japan.
(b) The war in Vietnam.
(c) The war in Afghanistan.
(d) The war in Korea.

2. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?
(a) Drew Dotson.
(b) Alex Wulpi.
(c) Jon Elrod.
(d) Mike Snell.

3. What branch of the military uses the USS Mobile Bay?
(a) Navy.
(b) Airforce.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

4. For how long has an agency had to deal with "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

5. What country did O'Rourke visit in the wake of Operation Just Cause?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Chile.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Panama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Audi model does O'Rourke say was deemed unsafe because of "runaway car syndrome"?

2. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?

3. Soldiers told about fighting in Panama in what magazine?

4. In what newspaper did an article about "runaway car syndrome" appear?

5. 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?

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