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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dictatorship of Boredom, pp. 15-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political party did Lloyd Bentsen belong to?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Republican.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Green.

2. Which of the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution deals with the right to "keep and bear arms"?
(a) The 2nd.
(b) The 14th.
(c) The 3rd.
(d) The 9th.

3. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?
(a) The U.S. Constitution.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Monroe Doctrine.
(d) The Magna Charta.

4. What was the name of the prophet who warned against a king that would take a 10th of his people's sheep?
(a) Paul.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Jonah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?

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

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

4. George H. W. Bush ran his presidential campaign on the idea that he would be a second helping of whom?

5. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say that every meal will be?

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