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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. 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) Ancient Roman times.
(d) A desire to rule lower classes.

2. When was Sarah Palin elected Governor of Alaska?
(a) 2006.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1999.

3. What radio talk show does Al Sharpton host?
(a) "360 New York".
(b) "Keepin' It Real".
(c) "Truth in Politics".
(d) "Dateline".

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

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?
(a) Islamic Fascism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Christian Evangelicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?

2. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?

3. What does Mamet define as the practice of indicting and assaulting others for their opinions or for sometimes just stating the truth in Chapter 24: Arrested Development?

4. To what office was Sarah Palin elected in 1992?

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

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