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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. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Liberals.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Pat Robertson.

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

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

4. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?
(a) Where the wealth came from.
(b) How important wealth is.
(c) What currency is the strongest.
(d) What true wealth is.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?

3. At what institution did Milton Friedman teach for over three decades?

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

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

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