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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Our Government: What the Fuck Do They Do All Day and Why Does it Cost So Goddamned Much Money? pp. 154-184.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "What we want from the taxpayers is continual cooperation!" in regard to America's drug problem?
(a) Mike Mullin.
(b) Dick Weart.
(c) Albert Collins.
(d) Mario Perez.

2. During Operation Just Cause, O'Rourke was disgusted by the media's hysteria over what?
(a) Illnesses being brought back to the U.S.
(b) Racial slurs said by soldiers.
(c) The use of weapons in a war.
(d) Collateral damage.

3. What drug does O'Rourke say made kids psychotic?
(a) PCP.
(b) LSD.
(c) Heroin.
(d) Cocaine.

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

5. O'Rourke began the sub-section "Attack of the Midget Vote-suckers" by comparing conventions to what?
(a) High school reunions.
(b) Proms.
(c) Pageants.
(d) Cheerleading competitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official office of the Drug Czar?

2. 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?

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

4. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?

5. What was the name of the foundation that set up a commission to study the electorate?

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