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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author blames the savings and loan collapse on soaring interest rates caused by what administration?
2. What drug does O'Rourke says makes a person think they can fly?
3. In "Defense Policy: Cry 'Havoc!' and "Let Slip the Hogs of Peace," O'Rourke worried that what country still posed a threat and might be waiting for America to fall beneath the weight of its own dissent?
4. What was the name of O'Rourke's friend who learned to fly a stunt plane and decided to raise cattle?
5. What is the USS Mobile Bay?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does O'Rourke feel about the government's treatment of the nation's problem with drugs?
2. How does O'Rourke feel about the housing project he visits in Newark?
3. How does O'Rourke describe the USS Mobile Bay?
4. Why does O'Rourke fault environmentalists for making "big business" out to be the enemy?
5. What role do special interest groups play in politics?
6. How did Blatherboro block the completion of a local golf course?
7. Why does O'Rourke believe that a lot of money should be spent on the American military?
8. Explain how the government wastes billions of dollars on farm subsidies, according to O'Rourke.
9. Why does O'Rourke seem to think his family was stronger because they were not given any help?
10. How does O'Rourke describe Blatherboro?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author describe journalists? How does he seem to feel about these people? What techniques does the author use to show his opinions of Washington journalists? Why might his feelings about journalists be ironic? Does he address this irony?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the Supreme Court's 1990 ruling that flag burning cannot be prohibited. What is the significance of the author mentioning this ruling? Why does O'Rourke believe that the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning cannot be prohibited? What does the ruling seem to convey about how the Supreme Court works? What are O'Rourke's feelings about the Supreme Court?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the story O'Rourke shares about shadowing a congressman on a "light" work day? What point is the author trying to make about congressmen and what is expected of them? How does O'Rourke feel about the general attitude toward congressmen? Are his feelings surprising to you? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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