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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. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?
(a) A bureaucrat.
(b) The mafia.
(c) A baseball player.
(d) The mayor.

2. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?
(a) James Fonda.
(b) Robert Fonda.
(c) Mitchell Fonda.
(d) Henry Fonda.

3. What is defined as a suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage?
(a) Anti Semitism.
(b) Anti Israelism.
(c) Anti Palestinianism.
(d) Anti Judaism.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?
(a) Pride.
(b) Shared denial of reality.
(c) Shared ability to see the future.
(d) The human element.

5. Mamet writes in Chapter 24: Arrested Development that while teaching a drama course, Mamet encountered students who didn't want the villain of a story to be what?
(a) A Jew.
(b) An American.
(c) An Arab.
(d) An Australian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

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

3. Who does Mamet describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?

4. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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