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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?
(a) "Can't I make my own decisions".
(b) "Who makes decisions".
(c) "Who needs decisions".
(d) "Decisions for who".

2. When was David Mamet born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1952.

3. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) The mafia.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A bureaucrat.

4. When was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1824.

5. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?
(a) A liberal college education.
(b) An acting degree.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Fast cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?

2. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

3. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?

5. Where is Alcatraz Island located?

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