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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. At what time of day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?
(a) 5:07 a.m.
(b) 10:15 p.m.
(c) 3:47 p.m.
(d) 6:58 a.m.

2. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) LSD.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) PCP.

3. George H. W. Bush ran his presidential campaign on the idea that he would be a second helping of whom?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. Seeing the strange collection of tourists, journalists, and protesters, O'Rourke contemplated that Washington really needs what?
(a) A bouncer.
(b) A security system.
(c) A dress code.
(d) Better education.

5. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Albert Collins.
(c) Dick Weart.
(d) Mike Mullin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many letters from citizens does O'Rourke imagine that congressmen receive each year?

2. In what year was a government study released on "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?

3. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?

4. How much money does O'Rourke believe the government wastes on farm subsidies?

5. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?

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