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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. On what day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?
(a) August 15, 1990.
(b) October 27, 1990.
(c) January 2, 1991.
(d) July 3, 1990.

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?
(a) 2.3 million.
(b) 3.4 million.
(c) 1.9 million.
(d) 6.8 million.

3. What is the name of the group of journalists who ask questions and take photos at the White House?
(a) White House Press Group.
(b) White House Press Club.
(c) White House Press Association.
(d) White House Press Corps.

4. O'Rourke is critical of the way that America hands over food, aid and arms to what country?
(a) Iraq.
(b) China.
(c) Iran.
(d) Afghanistan.

5. What nickname did O'Rourke give to the generation that was attending high school when his book was written?
(a) The "Home Alone" generation.
(b) The "Sesame Street" generation.
(c) The Pizza Hut generation.
(d) The Coca-Cola generation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What television program ran a story about "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?

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

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

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

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

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