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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 has a reputation as being the unofficial fourth branch of government?
(a) The media.
(b) The residents of Washington, D.C.
(c) The American people.
(d) The Green party.

2. What platform did O'Rourke say the Republicans ran on in 1988?
(a) The Sweet-Little-Sister platform.
(b) The Over-Protective-Brother platform.
(c) The Strict-Mom platform.
(d) The Dumb-Old-Dad platform.

3. What year was it when O'Rourke attended the Democratic and Republican political conventions?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1984.

4. Who was the deputy chief of the DEA's Cocaine Desk when O'Rourke's book was written?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Albert Collins.
(c) Dick Weart.
(d) Mike Mullin.

5. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?
(a) Harvard law applicants.
(b) Miss America contestants.
(c) Prom kings and queens.
(d) Holiday cashiers at Walmart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what state was Dukakis governor in 1988?

3. 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?

4. A high school textbook refers to what document as "a living document"?

5. What drug does O'Rourke says makes one acutely sensitive?

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