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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. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?
(a) The bible.
(b) Humans.
(c) Society.
(d) Time.

2. When was Milton Friedman born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1934.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Conservatism.
(d) Liberalism.

4. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?
(a) The true heart of America.
(b) A democratic society.
(c) The Communist revolution.
(d) A culture in which their family has thrived.

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Hugh Conway.
(b) Jack Jenkins.
(c) Ralph Buckingham.
(d) Albert Yonders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

2. 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?

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

4. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?

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

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