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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. 154-184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was a government study released on "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1987.

2. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?
(a) 14,000.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 22,000.
(d) 90,000.

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

4. How does O'Rourke feel when he walks through a crowded, third-world bazaar in Afghanistan and sees the free market in action?
(a) Anger.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Shock.
(d) Sadness.

5. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?
(a) Five years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?

2. Who was Dukakis considering as a running mate before he picked Lloyd Bentsen?

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

4. O'Rourke argues that modern, poor Americans earn greater income than the middle-class Americans of what year?

5. Who has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?

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