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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. What is the USS Mobile Bay?
(a) A helicoptor.
(b) A missile platform.
(c) A submarine.
(d) A tank.

2. O'Rourke recalls shadowing whom for a day?
(a) A lobbyist.
(b) A press secretary.
(c) A congressman.
(d) A president.

3. Who was the keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic convention?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Ann Richards.
(c) Ted Kennedy.
(d) Jim Hightower.

4. What city does O'Rourke describe as having a climate like the inside of a locked van in the Sahara?
(a) Miami.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Dallas.

5. What percent of poor people in America own telephones, according to George Gilder?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 70 percent.
(c) 60 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?

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

3. In what year did the government begin formulating agricultural policy?

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

5. What percent of poor people in America own their own homes, according to George Gilder?

(see the answer key)

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