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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. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1933.

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?
(a) More easily and effectively correct itself.
(b) It can skirt regulations easier.
(c) It can advertise.
(d) Change prices and values easier.

3. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) "The Price is Right".
(b) "Family Feud".
(c) "Wheel of Fortune".
(d) "Let's Make a Deal".

4. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?
(a) Where the wealth came from.
(b) What true wealth is.
(c) How important wealth is.
(d) What currency is the strongest.

5. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Pat Robertson.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Sarah Palin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?

2. When was Milton Friedman born?

3. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?

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