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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. What exists in a state of perpetual failure because motion is valued above direction and achievement?
(a) The Republican party.
(b) Government.
(c) The Democratic party.
(d) Social security.

2. Who does O'Rourke say is the only Democrat who came to the convention with real ideas?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Lloyd Bentsen.
(c) Michael Dukakis.
(d) Bill Clinton.

3. Who was the keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic convention?
(a) Ann Richards.
(b) Jim Hightower.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Ted Kennedy.

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

5. Who referred to lukewarm political relationships as "kiss on the lips but no tongue"?
(a) Matthew Reed.
(b) Adam Neal.
(c) Fred Barnes.
(d) Stephen Kerr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?

2. For what state was Dukakis governor in 1988?

3. For which presidential candidate did Lloyd Bentsen run as vice president?

4. Who has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?

5. What was Dukakis' wife named?

(see the answer key)

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