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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 joked that George H. W. Bush donned a costume and went by what name?
(a) Mr. Texas.
(b) The Conservanator.
(c) Republicanman.
(d) Conservativeman.

2. Who equated a belief in government to the "vapid" peace of mind experienced by church goers?
(a) Gloria Allred.
(b) Johnny Cochran.
(c) Clarence Darrow.
(d) Frank Levin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the USS Mobile Bay?

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

3. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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