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

2. During the convention, O'Rourke says both Democrats and Republicans act like mindless fans of what?
(a) Rock music.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Sports.
(d) Science fiction.

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

4. What party game does O'Rourke liken the American political system to?
(a) Pin the tail on the donkey.
(b) Spin the bottle.
(c) Texas hold 'em.
(d) Pinata.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Lloyd Bentsen belong to?

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

3. What king did O'Rourke compare the U.S. government to?

4. What does O'Rourke say the venue where the Democratic convention was held is shaped like?

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

(see the answer key)

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