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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Alcatraz Island located?
(a) The Sea of Cortez.
(b) San Francisco Bay.
(c) Humboldt Bay.
(d) Puget Sound.

2. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?
(a) A liberal college education.
(b) An acting degree.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Fast cars.

3. Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Meredith Willson.
(b) Nancy Edwards.
(c) Erica Reynolds.
(d) Rebecca Matthews.

4. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The space race.
(c) World War II.
(d) Slavery.

5. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
(a) A natural urge to bring order to social relations.
(b) A way to convey one's perspective.
(c) A desire to rule lower classes.
(d) Ancient Roman times.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?

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

5. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?

(see the answer key)

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