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

2. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?
(a) Miss America contestants.
(b) Prom kings and queens.
(c) Holiday cashiers at Walmart.
(d) Harvard law applicants.

3. What was Dukakis' wife named?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Rebecka.
(c) Marsha.
(d) Christina.

4. O'Rourke begins "Protectors of a Blameless Citizenry: The Bureaucracy" by talking about what government department?
(a) Transportation.
(b) State.
(c) Education.
(d) Agricultural.

5. What ball did O'Rourke peek in on where he saw boogying and people playing the electric guitar?
(a) Young Americans Ball.
(b) The Magnolia Ball.
(c) Inaugural Balls.
(d) Police Atheletic League Ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke is critical of the way that America hands over food, aid and arms to what country?

2. O'Rourke began the sub-section "Attack of the Midget Vote-suckers" by comparing conventions to what?

3. When did O'Rourke predict that there would be an election of significance?

4. What television program ran a story about "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?

5. What platform did O'Rourke say the Republicans ran on in 1988?

(see the answer key)

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