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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. In what year did a flag desecration case take place?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1988.

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

3. What was the name of the foundation that set up a commission to study the electorate?
(a) The Thomas and Ruth B. Martin Foundation.
(b) The Jeffrey and Michelle H. Wright Foundation.
(c) The Roy and Carol G. Bernath Foundation.
(d) The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation.

4. What country did O'Rourke visit in the wake of Operation Just Cause?
(a) Chile.
(b) Panama.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Mexico.

5. How many poor people in America live in homes with a heated pool or a Jacuzzi, according to George Gilder?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 22,000.
(c) 14,000.
(d) 3,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did O'Rourke predict that there would be an election of significance?

2. How many poor people does O'Rourke say ask him for money on his way to work every day?

3. O'Rourke began the sub-section "Attack of the Midget Vote-suckers" by comparing conventions to what?

4. O'Rourke begins "Protectors of a Blameless Citizenry: The Bureaucracy" by talking about what government department?

5. O'Rourke argues that modern, poor Americans earn greater income than the middle-class Americans of what year?

(see the answer key)

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