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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. 109-122.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug does O'Rourke say made kids psychotic?
(a) Heroin.
(b) LSD.
(c) PCP.
(d) Cocaine.

2. 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) Carl Levin.
(c) Byron Dorgan.
(d) Joe Biden.

3. How many letters to a congressman did O'Rourke read before finding a thank-you letter?
(a) 35.
(b) 700.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 250.

4. O'Rourke says the Republican convention had the intellectual content of song lyrics by what band?
(a) Poison.
(b) Guns n' Roses.
(c) White Snake.
(d) Van Halen.

5. O'Rourke jokingly compared the political conventions to a special-occasion event, with whom in the broadcast booth?
(a) Katie Couric.
(b) Bryant Gumbel.
(c) Matt Lauer.
(d) Kathy Lee Gifford.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the speeches called that O'Rourke heard when he visited the House of Representatives?

4. O'Rourke says that because America is the richest nation on Earth, he is surprised to still what on the street?

5. Who was the director of the Office of Management and Budget at the time George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget was completed?

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