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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 describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?
(a) The Cabinet Spiritualists.
(b) The Senate Shamans.
(c) The Liberal Wizards.
(d) The Republican Magicians.

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) "Communist thinking".
(d) "Wishful thinking".

3. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Literature.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Economic Sciences.
(d) Mathematics.

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

5. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Godlessness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?

2. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?

3. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

4. Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the play "The Music Man"?

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

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