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

2. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Salvation.
(b) The new New Deal.
(c) The start or World War III.
(d) The end of the world.

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

4. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 44th.
(b) 56th.
(c) 29th.
(d) 68th.

5. What does Mamet claim the Jews of the State of Israel want in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To take over more land.
(b) To protect their borders and live in peace.
(c) To provoke the Palestinians.
(d) To rely on the might of the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?

2. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?

3. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?

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

5. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?

(see the answer key)

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