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

2. What city does O'Rourke describe as having a climate like the inside of a locked van in the Sahara?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Miami.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Atlanta.

3. What year was it when O'Rourke attended the Democratic and Republican political conventions?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1988.

4. Who does O'Rourke say has more respect for their electorates than the American parties?
(a) The Iranian republic.
(b) The Soviet Communists.
(c) The Canadian constitutional monarchy.
(d) The Saudi Arabian absolute monarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year did the Seneca Falls Declaration take place?

3. What was the name of the foundation that set up a commission to study the electorate?

4. Where was the Republican convention held that O'Rourke attended?

5. When all the delegates from both political parties get together, O'Rourke says they act like what club members?

(see the answer key)

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