View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through At Home in the Parliament of Whores.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tax did the natives of O'Rourke's town fear that the retirees would inflate?
(a) Food tax.
(b) Sales tax.
(c) Property tax.
(d) Hotel tax.

3. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say will be the only thing on the shelves at libraries?
(a) Murder mystery novels.
(b) Diet and workout books.
(c) Videos.
(d) Comic books.

4. How many ninth graders were at the high school in O'Rourke's town?
(a) 124.
(b) 67.
(c) 445.
(d) 324.

5. What newspaper called Dan Quayle an "avid reader" of "real live books"?
(a) USA Today.
(b) The Wall Street Journal.
(c) The Times-Union.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke claims that Social Security serves only to pad the bank accounts of whom?

2. O'Rourke says a cheap alternative to fix the failing school system could involve sending the children to what kind of school?

3. How much was the bailout of the savings-and-loan industry?

4. O'Rourke visited a government-owned complex with windows made of what?

5. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 216 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample