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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television and Bullshit, pp. 49-65.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What newspaper called Dan Quayle an "avid reader" of "real live books"?
(a) USA Today.
(b) The Times-Union.
(c) The Wall Street Journal.
(d) The New York Times.

2. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote?

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

3. What does O'Rourke describe as an organism whose sole purpose is to aggrandize those in power?

4. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?

5. Who referred to lukewarm political relationships as "kiss on the lips but no tongue"?

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