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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) Patrick.
(b) George.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Adam.

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

3. O'Rourke recalls spending an evening in what police department?
(a) The Atlanta police department.
(b) The New York police department.
(c) The Los Angeles police department.
(d) The Washington, DC police department.

4. What does O'Rourke say the venue where the Democratic convention was held is shaped like?
(a) A morgue.
(b) A horse.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A toilet.

5. How does O'Rourke describe a day when Congress is not even in session?
(a) "Logical."
(b) "Typical."
(c) "Boring."
(d) "Slow."

Short Answer Questions

1. During the convention, O'Rourke says both Democrats and Republicans act like mindless fans of what?

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

3. How did O'Rourke describe Reagan's social programs?

4. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?

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

(see the answer key)

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