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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. Mamet claims in Chapter 31: Breatharian, that government intervention serves to do what?
(a) Retard the advancement of man.
(b) Advance the understandings of man.
(c) Complicate simple tasks.
(d) Create regulations and taxes.

2. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Magic thinking".
(b) "Arrogant thinking".
(c) "Wishful thinking".
(d) "Communist thinking".

3. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1998.

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

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. When was the NAACP formed?

2. When was Milton Friedman born?

3. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?

4. What refers to the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control?

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that Conservatives believe in ______ which is not a fantasy and which is a proven success.

(see the answer key)

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