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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Vanessa Redgrave's father?
(a) Sir Albert Hutchman.
(b) Sir Newman James.
(c) Sir James Murphy.
(d) Sir Michael Redgrave.

2. When was the State of Israel established?
(a) 1293.
(b) 1725.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1874.

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

4. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Godlessness.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Socialism.

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

6. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) 12/17 attacks.
(b) 9/11 attacks.
(c) Bin Laden attacks.
(d) 4/4 attacks.

7. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Barack Obama.

8. What does Mamet claim the Jews of the State of Israel want in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To rely on the might of the U.S.
(b) To protect their borders and live in peace.
(c) To provoke the Palestinians.
(d) To take over more land.

9. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?
(a) The port authority.
(b) The Mafia.
(c) The garbage hauling industry.
(d) Dirty politics.

10. In Chapter 14: R100, Mamet claims that the reason the American car industry failed was what?
(a) They didn't advertise enough.
(b) They used poor materials.
(c) No one wanted its products.
(d) Cars were not available in popular colors.

11. What was the name of David Mamet's father?
(a) Bernard Morris Mamet.
(b) Herbert David Mamet.
(c) James Russel Mamet.
(d) Marcus Robert Mamet.

12. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?
(a) The true heart of America.
(b) A democratic society.
(c) A culture in which their family has thrived.
(d) The Communist revolution.

13. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?
(a) The Yosemite Valley occupation.
(b) The Alcatraz Island occupation.
(c) The Mt. Rainer occupation.
(d) The Bull Run occupation.

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

15. Where is Alcatraz Island located?
(a) San Francisco Bay.
(b) Humboldt Bay.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) The Sea of Cortez.

Short Answer Questions

1. What thriving industry did California tax out of the state, according to Mamet in Chapter 14: R100?

2. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?

3. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

4. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?

5. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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