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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pages was a government study released on "runaway car syndrome"?
(a) 81.
(b) 94.
(c) 123.
(d) 146.

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

3. Who was the presidential candidate for the Democrats when O'Rourke visited the political conventions of both parties?
(a) Carter.
(b) Bush.
(c) Dukakis.
(d) Clinton.

4. Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women the right to vote?
(a) The 12th.
(b) The 19th.
(c) The 8th.
(d) The 4th.

5. George H. W. Bush ran his presidential campaign on the idea that he would be a second helping of whom?
(a) Gerald Ford.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Richard Nixon.

6. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say that every meal will be?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Fried rice.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Macaroni and cheese.

7. What does O'Rourke say the venue where the Democratic convention was held is shaped like?
(a) A toilet.
(b) A morgue.
(c) A coffin.
(d) A horse.

8. O'Rourke joked that George H. W. Bush donned a costume and went by what name?
(a) Conservativeman.
(b) The Conservanator.
(c) Republicanman.
(d) Mr. Texas.

9. Who does O'Rourke believe increases bureaucracy by forcing the government to address people's frivolous complaints?
(a) Consumer advocates.
(b) Advertising agencies.
(c) Print media.
(d) Angry parents.

10. What nickname did O'Rourke give to the generation that was attending high school when his book was written?
(a) The Pizza Hut generation.
(b) The "Home Alone" generation.
(c) The Coca-Cola generation.
(d) The "Sesame Street" generation.

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

12. Who did O'Rourke blame for the poor state of the nation?
(a) The media.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) The American people.
(d) The politicians.

13. 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.

14. O'Rourke says the Republican convention had the intellectual content of song lyrics by what band?
(a) Poison.
(b) Van Halen.
(c) White Snake.
(d) Guns n' Roses.

15. According to a study by a foundation, what percent of Americans did not know what party Llotd Bentsen was affiliated with during an election?
(a) 16.
(b) 70.
(c) 28.
(d) 49.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Rourke say is the term for an interview where "you didn't come here and I didn't say this"?

2. O'Rourke recalls shadowing whom for a day?

3. O'Rourke began the sub-section "Attack of the Midget Vote-suckers" by comparing conventions to what?

4. What was the name of the prophet who warned against a king that would take a 10th of his people's sheep?

5. How long did Jesse Jackson propose to freeze military spending?

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