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

2. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) The space race.
(d) Slavery.

3. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1904.
(d) 1917.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?
(a) Dirty politics.
(b) The garbage hauling industry.
(c) The Mafia.
(d) The port authority.

5. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Joe Biden.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) John McCain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of David Mamet's father?

2. Who was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 election?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?

4. When was David Mamet born?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?

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