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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 a government study released on "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) May 22.
(b) April 16.
(c) March 7.
(d) June 2.

2. What amendment is in question as to whether or not it allows flag burning in protest?
(a) 23rd.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 1st.

3. Who told the Atlanta convention that the Democratic party "needs both its left wing and its right wing to fly"?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) George H. W. Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Michael Dukakis.

4. During the convention, O'Rourke says both Democrats and Republicans act like mindless fans of what?
(a) The Beatles.
(b) Sports.
(c) Rock music.
(d) Science fiction.

5. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?
(a) Kabul.
(b) Mazar-e Sharif.
(c) Kandahar.
(d) Herat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?

3. What is the name of the psychiatric professor that O'Rourke talked to about the crack cocaine problem?

4. In "Only Human in His Own Immortal Way: The President," O'Rourke mocks what Act?

5. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say that all pants will be made of?

(see the answer key)

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