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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 name of the textbook that O'Rourke criticized for being boring?
(a) "The United States and You."
(b) "American Civics."
(c) "American Government."
(d) "The House and the Whip."

2. In what year did a national newspaper print a story about "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1986.

3. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?
(a) Queens.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) The Bronx.

4. How many letters to a congressman did O'Rourke read before finding a thank-you letter?
(a) 35.
(b) 250.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 700.

5. What country did O'Rourke visit in the wake of Operation Just Cause?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Panama.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Chile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the presidential candidate for the Republicans when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?

2. Who was the director of the Office of Management and Budget at the time George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget was completed?

3. Who was George H. W. Bush's first Drug Czar?

4. Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?

5. When did O'Rourke predict that there would be an election of significance?

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