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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. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Love.
(d) Reason.

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

3. What does Mamet assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
(a) They would be asked to leave.
(b) They would be forced to become muslims.
(c) They would be beheaded.
(d) Their hands would be cut off.

4. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Harold Hill.
(b) Donald Rice.
(c) John Robbins.
(d) Michael Zeers.

5. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Dambisa Moyo.
(b) Wilhelm Röpke.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Carl Menger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

3. 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?

4. What refers to the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control?

5. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

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