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

2. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
(a) A way to convey one's perspective.
(b) Ancient Roman times.
(c) A natural urge to bring order to social relations.
(d) A desire to rule lower classes.

3. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?
(a) Professor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Attorney.

4. 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) Socialism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

2. When was the NAACP formed?

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

4. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?

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

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