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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the impact of liberal policies will result in what?
(a) Americans being slaves to the Chinese.
(b) The first woman president.
(c) The destruction of our culture.
(d) A better economy.

2. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
(a) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
(b) Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
(c) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(d) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

3. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?
(a) Free education.
(b) Money.
(c) Gold.
(d) An advantage.

4. When was Sarah Palin elected Governor of Alaska?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2006.

5. What radio talk show does Al Sharpton host?
(a) "Dateline".
(b) "360 New York".
(c) "Truth in Politics".
(d) "Keepin' It Real".

6. What does Mamet define as when government vows to lead the people to the Promised Land in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?
(a) Demagoguery.
(b) Misogyny.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Propaganda.

7. Mamet claims in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator, that the biggest fault of his generation is what?
(a) Pride.
(b) Ingratitude.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Anger.

8. When was Al Sharpton born?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1947.

9. What incumbent Republican did Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeat in winning the U.S. Presidency?
(a) Herbert Hoover.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) John Adams.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

10. In Chapter 26: Feminism, Mamet claims that the weakening of what will eventually destroy the family which is essential for a successful society?
(a) Conservatism.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) Democracy.

11. Where was Saul Alinsky born?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Seattle.
(d) Boise.

12. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet writes that greed is a sin according to what?
(a) The U.N. Charter.
(b) The Bill of Rights.
(c) The U.S. Constitution.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

13. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?
(a) Communism.
(b) Islamic Fascism.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Christian Evangelicism.

14. Mamet writes in Chapter 24: Arrested Development that while teaching a drama course, Mamet encountered students who didn't want the villain of a story to be what?
(a) An Australian.
(b) A Jew.
(c) An Arab.
(d) An American.

15. What executive orders did FDR institute which brought about a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform?
(a) The Good Deal.
(b) The Fair Deal.
(c) The Last Deal.
(d) The New Deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth that our nation has been the most successful in history because our laws are built upon the concept that compassion and greed in the hands of the state will result in what?

3. In 1987, Mamet made his film directing debut with what movie?

4. When did Mamet's grandparents immigrate to the United States?

5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in what year?

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