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

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) 22,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 14,000.
(d) 3,000.

2. O'Rourke visits Afghanistan to cover the expected fall of what city?
(a) Herat.
(b) Kandahar.
(c) Kabul.
(d) Mazar-e Sharif.

3. What was the deadline for the last Soviet troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan?
(a) January, 2 1989.
(b) March 12, 1989.
(c) February 15, 1989.
(d) December 27, 1988.

4. O'Rourke says the hysteria over drugs in the middle class could be the product of what?
(a) Racism.
(b) A corrupt prison system.
(c) Agoraphobia.
(d) Sexist.

5. O'Rourke claims that Social Security serves only to pad the bank accounts of whom?
(a) The wealthiest Americans.
(b) Minorities.
(c) Senior citizens.
(d) Immigrants.

6. O'Rourke says that because America is the richest nation on Earth, he is surprised to still what on the street?
(a) Prostitutes.
(b) Bicycles.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Rats.

7. O'Rourke concludes that, because government can stifle the free market, government is what?
(a) All powerful.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Necessary.
(d) Immoral.

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

9. At the town meeting which O'Rourke attended, the elderly retired people sat where?
(a) In the front row.
(b) In the back row.
(c) Scattered throughout the rows.
(d) They sit closest to the exit.

10. What name did O'Rourke give to the town where he lives?
(a) Blatherboro.
(b) Hopeville.
(c) Middlebrooke.
(d) Anytown.

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

12. O'Rourke's friend's son got busted for selling what drug?
(a) PCP.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

13. What does O'Rourke call the people who join special interest groups?
(a) Enduringly Inflamed.
(b) Perennially Indignant.
(c) Perpetually Vehement.
(d) Permanently Violent.

14. The annual spending per student in O'Rourke's town is over how much?
(a) $1,250.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $3,500.
(d) $5,000.

15. O'Rourke attended a housing rally for what group?
(a) Housing Now!
(b) Housing Needs!
(c) We Want Housing!
(d) Housing for All!

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke says it is best to simply stay away from what Afghani tribesman?

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

3. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?

4. O'Rourke is critical of the way that America hands over food, aid and arms to what country?

5. In what year did the government begin formulating agricultural policy?

(see the answer keys)

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