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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. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1984.

2. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1975.

3. 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?
(a) Film schools.
(b) Ivy league.
(c) Business schools.
(d) Technical colleges.

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

5. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?
(a) "Decisions for who".
(b) "Can't I make my own decisions".
(c) "Who makes decisions".
(d) "Who needs decisions".

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sigmund Freud born?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?

3. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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

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

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