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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. 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.

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

3. When did O'Rourke predict that there would be an election of significance?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1992.

4. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?
(a) Four years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

5. Who said Dan Quayle was "well-informed, intelligent, candid and engaging"?
(a) Morton Kondracke.
(b) Joseph Pulitzer.
(c) Piers Morgan.
(d) Jim Bellows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did O'Rourke credit with George H. W. Bush's meteoric rise to popularity?

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

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

4. What platform did O'Rourke say the Republicans ran on in 1988?

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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