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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 through 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?
(a) "Can't I make my own decisions".
(b) "Who makes decisions".
(c) "Who needs decisions".
(d) "Decisions for who".

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

3. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?
(a) Christians.
(b) Puritans.
(c) Jews.
(d) Mormons.

4. What concept stands on the side of the street sweeper and urges him to ask for more on payday since he gets far less than a physician, according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Democracy.

5. In Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined, Mamet claims that while it's absurd to judge that someone is not capable of a certain position because of his race, it is just as absurd to do what?
(a) Hold an election for the position.
(b) Assume the same based on their religion.
(c) Assume the same based on their sex.
(d) Push someone into a position who is not suited for it just because of his race.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?

3. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?

4. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?

5. When was Milton Friedman born?

(see the answer key)

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