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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 was the name of O'Rourke's friend who learned to fly a stunt plane and decided to raise cattle?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Adam.
(d) George.

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

3. 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) Samuel.
(c) Paul.
(d) Daniel.

4. Who has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?
(a) The Green party.
(b) The American people.
(c) The residents of Washington, D.C.
(d) The media.

5. Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Bush.
(c) Carter.
(d) Dukakis.

Short Answer Questions

1. O' Rourke compares the president's decision-making ability to that of a child of what age?

2. At what time of day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?

3. What is the name of the psychiatric professor that O'Rourke talked to about the crack cocaine problem?

4. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?

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?

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