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

2. What ball did O'Rourke peek in on where he saw boogying and people playing the electric guitar?
(a) Inaugural Balls.
(b) Police Atheletic League Ball.
(c) Young Americans Ball.
(d) The Magnolia Ball.

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

4. How did O'Rourke describe Reagan's social programs?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Heartless.
(c) Genius.
(d) Luke warm.

5. Who told the Atlanta convention that the Democratic party "needs both its left wing and its right wing to fly"?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Michael Dukakis.
(d) George H. W. Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a study by a foundation, what percent of Americans did not know what party Llotd Bentsen was affiliated with during an election?

2. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?

3. O'Rourke began the sub-section "Attack of the Midget Vote-suckers" by comparing conventions to what?

4. Which of the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution deals with the right to "keep and bear arms"?

5. Who said Dan Quayle was "well-informed, intelligent, candid and engaging"?

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