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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Special Interest Groups: The Original Barrel of Monkeys That Nothing is More Fun Than.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of poor people in America own telephones, according to George Gilder?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 50 percent.

2. What brand of beer does O'Rourke mention when saying that "runaway car syndrome" is the result of drinking while driving?
(a) Budweiser.
(b) Heineken.
(c) Pabst.
(d) Miller.

3. 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?
(a) Afghanistan.
(b) Italy.
(c) Russia.
(d) Germany.

4. O'Rourke says using crack cocaine makes one feel like whom?
(a) Sting.
(b) Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(c) Bret Michaels.
(d) Bruce Willis.

5. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) PCP.
(c) LSD.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ball did O'Rourke peek in on where he saw boogying and people playing the electric guitar?

2. What city does O'Rourke describe as having a climate like the inside of a locked van in the Sahara?

3. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say will be the only thing on the shelves at libraries?

4. For how long has an agency had to deal with "runaway car syndrome"?

5. Who did O'Rourke blame for the poor state of the nation?

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