1. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?
(a) Technical colleges.
(b) Film schools.
(c) Business schools.
(d) Ivy league.

2. When was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1824.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1856.

3. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Communists.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Libertarians

4. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?
(a) River City.
(b) Silver City.
(c) Memphis.
(d) The mountaintop.

5. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Denver.
(d) Portland.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?

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

4. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?

5. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?

(see the answer key)

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