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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television and Bullshit, pp. 85-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?
(a) 5:07 a.m.
(b) 3:47 p.m.
(c) 6:58 a.m.
(d) 10:15 p.m.

2. 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) 70.
(b) 28.
(c) 16.
(d) 49.

3. How many letters from citizens does O'Rourke imagine that congressmen receive each year?
(a) Hundreds of thousands.
(b) A few thousand.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) More than one million.

4. "Runaway car syndrome" is a situation where a vehicle spontaneously does what?
(a) Accelerates independently of the driver's will.
(b) Fails to register as having a valid VIN number.
(c) Stops independently of the driver's will.
(d) Fluctuates in speed independently of the driver's will.

5. What television program ran a story about "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?
(a) "NBC Nightly News."
(b) "Dateline."
(c) "The Today Show."
(d) "60 Minutes."

Short Answer Questions

1. What king did O'Rourke compare the U.S. government to?

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

3. For what state was Dukakis governor in 1988?

4. Who does O'Rourke say is the only Democrat who came to the convention with real ideas?

5. In what year did a national newspaper print a story about "runaway car syndrome"?

(see the answer key)

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