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

2. When was David Mamet born?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1939.

3. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Literature.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Economic Sciences.

4. 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?
(a) Shared denial of reality.
(b) Shared ability to see the future.
(c) Pride.
(d) The human element.

5. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?
(a) A liberal college education.
(b) An acting degree.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Fast cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Left as meaning what?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?

3. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

4. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

5. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

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