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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. Liberals view themselves as compassionate and free-thinking but to Mamet they are what?
(a) Arrogant and stubborn.
(b) Narrow and biased.
(c) Brainwashed and lazy.
(d) Racist and ignorant.

2. 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) An Arab.
(b) An American.
(c) A Jew.
(d) An Australian.

3. 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?
(a) "The Rape of Jenin".
(b) "The Holocaust".
(c) "The Scourge of Humanity".
(d) "The Spanish Inquisition".

4. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?
(a) River City.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Silver City.
(d) The mountaintop.

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Ralph Buckingham.
(b) Jack Jenkins.
(c) Albert Yonders.
(d) Hugh Conway.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?

3. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

4. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?

5. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?

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