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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Government: What the Fuck Do They Do All Day and Why Does it Cost So Goddamned Much Money? pp. 123-154.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does O'Rourke describe as an organism whose sole purpose is to aggrandize those in power?
(a) The White House.
(b) The election process.
(c) The media.
(d) The American government.

2. On what day was a government study released on "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) March 7.
(b) June 2.
(c) May 22.
(d) April 16.

3. Who was the keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic convention?
(a) Ted Kennedy.
(b) Jim Hightower.
(c) Ann Richards.
(d) Bill Clinton.

4. What was O'Rourke's family's socioeconomic status when he was a child?
(a) O'Rourke grew up in poverty and lived in government housing.
(b) O'Rourke grew up in a poor family.
(c) O'Rourke grew up in a very wealthy family.
(d) O'Rourke grew up in a middle-class family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was it when O'Rourke attended the Democratic and Republican political conventions?

2. What was the name of O'Rourke's friend who learned to fly a stunt plane and decided to raise cattle?

3. O'Rourke begins "Protectors of a Blameless Citizenry: The Bureaucracy" by talking about what government department?

4. What is the name of the textbook that O'Rourke criticized for being boring?

5. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say that all pants will be made of?

(see the answer key)

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