1.True or False: The House passed a GOP-backed welfare bill July 18 along strict partisan lines.

• True
  
• False
  (30 Democrats voted for it.)

2. Which of the following presidents did Pat Buchanan NOT serve?

• Richard Nixon
  
• Gerald Ford
  
• Ronald Reagan
  
• He worked for all of them
  
• He only worked for Nixon
  

3. How many electoral votes did Ross Perot win in 1992?

• 78
  
• 54
  
• 32
  
• 102
  
• None of the above
  (He didn't win any).

4. Which of the following is not true of Bob Dole's Senate record?

• He voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
  

• In 1965, he voted against the creation of Medicare.
  
• In 1964, he voted against the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
• authorizing U.S. retaliation against North Vietnam.
  
• In 1981, he voted to add $648 million for food stamps.
  
• None of the Above

5. Prior to winning his Senate seat, how many years did Bob Dole spend in the House of Representatives?

• None
  

• 4
  
• 8
  
• 12
  

6. Who is credited with saying: "I was a kid in the 1970s. Did I smoke a joint from time to time? Of course I did. The FBI knows that. That doesn't disqualify me from serving here."

• House Speaker Newt Gingrich
  

• Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.)
  
• Former vice president Dan Quayle
  
• White House press secretary Mike McCurry
  
• The late GOP strategist Lee Atwater
  
• Supreme Court nominee Douglas H. Ginsburg
  

7. Who was the Libertarian presidential candidate in 1980?

• David Koch
  

• Ed Clark
  
• Ron Paul
  
• Andre Marrou
  
• Lyndon LaRouche
  
• None of the Above
  

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