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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?
(a) 14,000.
(b) 22,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 90,000.

2. O'Rourke characterizes what group in Afghanistan as deceitful, violent and self-serving?
(a) The Taliban.
(b) Al-Qaeda.
(c) The Mujahedeen.
(d) The Afghan National Army.

3. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?
(a) Prom kings and queens.
(b) Miss America contestants.
(c) Harvard law applicants.
(d) Holiday cashiers at Walmart.

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

5. The author blames the savings and loan collapse on soaring interest rates caused by what administration?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Ford.
(c) Carter.
(d) Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a study by a foundation, what percent of Americans did not know what party Llotd Bentsen was affiliated with during an election?

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

3. How did O'Rourke feel about the USS Mobile Bay?

4. How does O'Rourke feel when he walks through a crowded, third-world bazaar in Afghanistan and sees the free market in action?

5. O'Rourke presents an unflattering picture of House Democratic efforts to talk environmentalism in advance of what?

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