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

2. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Randall Morris.
(b) James Hilton.
(c) Edmund King.
(d) Chadwick Roberts.

3. What term refers to the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft?
(a) Artillery.
(b) Apparatus of death.
(c) Canon.
(d) Armament.

4. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Libertarians.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Communists.
(d) Republicans.

5. 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?
(a) Godlessness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?

2. When was the NAACP formed?

3. 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?

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

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

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