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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 is the name of the textbook that O'Rourke criticized for being boring?
(a) "American Civics."
(b) "The House and the Whip."
(c) "The United States and You."
(d) "American Government."

2. When all the delegates from both political parties get together, O'Rourke says they act like what club members?
(a) Lions.
(b) Rotarians.
(c) Shriners.
(d) Kiwanis.

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. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) The Magna Charta.
(c) The Monroe Doctrine.
(d) The U.S. Constitution.

5. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?
(a) Crack cocaine.
(b) Crystal meth.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) LSD.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke recalls shadowing whom for a day?

2. Who was the deputy chief of the DEA's Cocaine Desk when O'Rourke's book was written?

3. O'Rourke says the hysteria over drugs in the middle class could be the product of what?

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

5. O'Rourke says using crack cocaine makes one feel like whom?

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