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Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What TV network said the housing rally had 40,000 to 250,000 people present?
(a) CBS.
(b) FOX.
(c) NBC.
(d) ABC.

3. When did O'Rourke predict that there would be an election of significance?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1992.

4. What senator said "A lot more of whatever needs doing needs to be done--let's spend, spend, spend" in response to the war on drugs?
(a) Joe Biden.
(b) Bernie Sanders.
(c) Carl Levin.
(d) Byron Dorgan.

5. O'Rourke says the middle class has no reason to be concerned about what drug?
(a) LSD.
(b) Crack cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Crystal meth.

Short Answer Questions

1. O'Rourke comes to the conclusion that the president's role in government is largely symbolic after referring to a presidential agenda from what day?

2. In what newspaper did an article about "runaway car syndrome" appear?

3. Who is the author of "The Power Game: How Washington Works"?

4. O'Rourke joked that George H. W. Bush donned a costume and went by what name?

5. What city does O'Rourke describe as having a climate like the inside of a locked van in the Sahara?

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