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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dictatorship of Boredom, pp. 27-48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For which presidential candidate did Lloyd Bentsen run as vice president?
(a) Dukakis.
(b) Bush.
(c) Reagan.
(d) Perot.

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

3. Who has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?
(a) The residents of Washington, D.C.
(b) The Green party.
(c) The American people.
(d) The media.

4. What year did the Seneca Falls Declaration take place?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1894.

5. Who was George H. W. Bush's running mate in 1988?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Dick Cheney.
(c) Bob Dole.
(d) Dan Quayle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What newspaper called Dan Quayle an "avid reader" of "real live books"?

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

3. What political party did Lloyd Bentsen belong to?

4. During the convention, O'Rourke says both Democrats and Republicans act like mindless fans of what?

5. Who told the Atlanta convention that the Democratic party "needs both its left wing and its right wing to fly"?

(see the answer key)

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