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

2. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Rome, Italy.

3. What is a way the government generates revenues and which are based on proportions of earnings which is considered fair, according to Mamet?
(a) Embargoes.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Charities.
(d) Laws.

4. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?
(a) Abolish.
(b) Critique.
(c) Denigrate.
(d) Praise.

5. What is defined as an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment?
(a) Competitiveness.
(b) Complacency.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Idealism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

2. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?

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

4. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet claims that in the liberal view, those who take more than their "fair share" should be what?

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

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