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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Carl Menger.
(b) Wilhelm Röpke.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Dambisa Moyo.

2. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) John McCain.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) Barack Obama.

3. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Shangri-La.
(d) Babylon.

4. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1960.

5. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Michael Zeers.
(b) Harold Hill.
(c) Donald Rice.
(d) John Robbins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?

2. What term refers to the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft?

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

4. Who was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 election?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?

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