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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. 85-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. O'Rourke comes to the conclusion that the president's role in government is largely symbolic after referring to a presidential agenda from what day?
(a) May 13, 1991.
(b) July 25, 1990.
(c) December 31, 1988.
(d) April 4, 1989.

2. Who did O'Rourke blame for the poor state of the nation?
(a) The media.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) The politicians.
(d) The American people.

3. Who does O'Rourke believe increases bureaucracy by forcing the government to address people's frivolous complaints?
(a) Advertising agencies.
(b) Angry parents.
(c) Consumer advocates.
(d) Print media.

4. On what day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?
(a) August 15, 1990.
(b) October 27, 1990.
(c) July 3, 1990.
(d) January 2, 1991.

5. O'Rourke says the Republican convention had the intellectual content of song lyrics by what band?
(a) Poison.
(b) Guns n' Roses.
(c) Van Halen.
(d) White Snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?

2. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," who does he say that all people will be married to?

3. What are the speeches called that O'Rourke heard when he visited the House of Representatives?

4. How many letters to a congressman did O'Rourke read before finding a thank-you letter?

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

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