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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. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?
(a) Mike Snell.
(b) Alex Wulpi.
(c) Drew Dotson.
(d) Jon Elrod.

2. How many letters from citizens does O'Rourke imagine that congressmen receive each year?
(a) A few thousand.
(b) More than one million.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

3. What was the name of the prophet who warned against a king that would take a 10th of his people's sheep?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Paul.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Jonah.

4. How much money does O'Rourke believe the government wastes on farm subsidies?
(a) Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(b) Billions of dollars.
(c) Hundreds of millions of dollars.
(d) Millions of dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long has an agency had to deal with "runaway car syndrome"?

2. What is the name of the Michael Harrington book which says America had a hidden poverty?

3. On what day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?

4. O'Rourke begins "Protectors of a Blameless Citizenry: The Bureaucracy" by talking about what government department?

5. Who is the author of a book about the failure of poverty programs called "Losing Ground"?

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