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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Chicago.

4. 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) Fast cars.
(b) Friendships.
(c) An acting degree.
(d) A liberal college education.

5. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Rome, Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sigmund Freud born?

2. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?

3. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?

4. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?

5. Liberals view themselves as compassionate and free-thinking but to Mamet they are what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet describe the paradox of liberal thought in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

2. How is the premise of "Let's Make a Deal" described in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

3. What does Mamet assert the liberal viewpoint does to human creativity in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?

4. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?

5. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?

6. How does Mamet define culture in Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator?

7. How does Mamet describe his transition from liberalism to conservatism in Chapter 2: The American Reality? What book influenced him?

8. What hypocrisies does Mamet point out in liberal thought in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?"

9. How does Mamet describe his former political leanings in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

10. What brought about the "car czar" in the Obama administration according to Mamet in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar? How does he define this title?

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