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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?
(a) Monetary equivalency.
(b) Racial equivalency.
(c) Moral equivalency.
(d) Educational equivalency.

2. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) Impressed the prsident.
(b) Enraged the Japanese.
(c) Ended the war.
(d) Committed treason.

3. What does Mamet claim the Jews of the State of Israel want in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To protect their borders and live in peace.
(b) To rely on the might of the U.S.
(c) To take over more land.
(d) To provoke the Palestinians.

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

5. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?
(a) Divide and conquer.
(b) Revive it's spirit.
(c) Show it's vulnerability.
(d) Distinguish its diversity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet writes that greed is a sin according to what?

2. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?

3. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?

4. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

5. 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?

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