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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the solicitor general during a flag desecration case?
(a) Charles Fried.
(b) Kenneth Starr.
(c) Rex E. Lee.
(d) Thurgood Marshall.

2. What year did the Seneca Falls Declaration take place?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1902.

3. 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?
(a) July 25, 1990.
(b) December 31, 1988.
(c) April 4, 1989.
(d) May 13, 1991.

4. What does O'Rourke describe as an organism whose sole purpose is to aggrandize those in power?
(a) The White House.
(b) The election process.
(c) The media.
(d) The American government.

5. Who referred to lukewarm political relationships as "kiss on the lips but no tongue"?
(a) Adam Neal.
(b) Matthew Reed.
(c) Stephen Kerr.
(d) Fred Barnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day was George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget finally "hammered out"?

2. "Runaway car syndrome" is a situation where a vehicle spontaneously does what?

3. What was the name of the prophet who warned against a king that would take a 10th of his people's sheep?

4. For which presidential candidate did Lloyd Bentsen run as vice president?

5. Who does O'Rourke believe increases bureaucracy by forcing the government to address people's frivolous complaints?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does O'Rourke explain what the Democrats and Republicans believe in?

2. Describe O'Rourke's experience with the Young Americans Ball.

3. From O'Rourke's description, what does a congressman's job entail?

4. How does O'Rourke depict Washington journalists?

5. How does O'Rourke feel about George H. W. Bush's 1991 budget?

6. How does O'Rourke suppose that most Americans feel about the United States government?

7. How does O'Rourke feel that consumer advocates compel increased bureaucracy?

8. Why does O'Rourke believe that the United States government remains unchecked?

9. To what does O'Rourke attribute the problem of the national deficit?

10. Why does O'Rourke say that George H. W. Bush's popularity plummeted?

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