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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 through 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Camp Kawaga in Chicago that Mamet attended was a summer camp for Jewish children, they were forced to take part in what?
(a) Republican events.
(b) Muslim events.
(c) Pagan events.
(d) Christian events.

2. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Libertarians
(c) Democrats.
(d) Communists.

3. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Culture.
(b) Society.
(c) Ancient history.
(d) Racism.

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

5. 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?
(a) Free market.
(b) Leashed market.
(c) Wreckless market.
(d) Caged market.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?

2. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

3. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

4. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?

5. Mamet describes being criticized for being a misogynist by a female critic for what play in Chapter 26: Feminism?

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