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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?
(a) Sovereign nation.
(b) Segregation.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Multiculturalism.

2. 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.

3. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A professinal motorcycle racer.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A historian.
(d) An author.

4. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1933.

5. 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) Business schools.
(b) Film schools.
(c) Technical colleges.
(d) Ivy league.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?

2. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?

3. 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?

4. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

5. What term refers to the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft?

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