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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?
(a) The Monroe Doctrine.
(b) The U.S. Constitution.
(c) The Magna Charta.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.

2. How did O'Rourke describe Reagan's social programs?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Genius.
(c) Heartless.
(d) Luke warm.

3. When all the delegates from both political parties get together, O'Rourke says they act like what club members?
(a) Rotarians.
(b) Lions.
(c) Kiwanis.
(d) Shriners.

4. O'Rourke recalls shadowing whom for a day?
(a) A congressman.
(b) A president.
(c) A press secretary.
(d) A lobbyist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does O'Rourke describe as an organism whose sole purpose is to aggrandize those in power?

2. At what time of day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?

3. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?

4. What newspaper called Dan Quayle an "avid reader" of "real live books"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does O'Rourke see with the U.S. Constitution?

2. How does O'Rourke feel about George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget?

3. How does O'Rourke describe one-minute speeches?

4. Why does O'Rourke seem to believe that being a congressman is a thankless job?

5. How does O'Rourke describe the partnership between Dukakis and Bentson?

6. What did a study show about the Audi 500 and its supposed runaway car syndrome?

7. How does O'Rourke describe the day he shadowed a congressman?

8. What does O'Rourke say is the best way to truly understand the function of government?

9. To what does O'Rourke attribute the problem of the national deficit?

10. How does O'Rourke feel about George H. W. Bush's rise to fame?

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