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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 is defined as an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes?
(a) Cult.
(b) Multiculturalism.
(c) Postmodernism.
(d) Society.

2. To what office was Sarah Palin elected in 1992?
(a) State Senator of Alaska.
(b) Governor of Alaska.
(c) Russian Diplomat.
(d) Wasilla City Council.

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

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

5. What does Mamet define as the practice of indicting and assaulting others for their opinions or for sometimes just stating the truth in Chapter 24: Arrested Development?
(a) Identity politics.
(b) Blind politics.
(c) Persecution politics.
(d) Party politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was an American politician and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party and served as the 31st Governor of Illinois?

2. Mamet claims in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is? that the difference between fairness and equality is that the latter can be given what?

3. When was Al Sharpton born?

4. Mamet claims in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator, that the biggest fault of his generation is what?

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth, that the people should save their abstract such as hope and their spiritual beliefs for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what play was Mamet criticized for misogynistic views in Chapter 26: Feminism? What was his response?

2. What led to the diminishing of conservative Judaism in Mamet's family, as described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis?

3. What does Mamet write about his own military experience in Chapter 37: Late Revelations?

4. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

5. How does Mamet describe the impact of the Dred Scott Decision in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

6. How does Mamet define greed and ambition in Chapter 23: Greed?

7. How did David Mamet's political beliefs evolve throughout his life?

8. How does Mamet relate the government to a sports referee in Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions?

9. How does Mamet relate the metaphor of the street sweeper to Marxism in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

10. Why does Mamet state that a democracy does not generally elect the best people into office in Chapter 34: Hope and Change? What example does he cite?

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