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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. 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?
(a) Ignorance is bliss.
(b) Not to question established conventions.
(c) You are doing things wrong.
(d) We are better than you.

2. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) St. Louis.

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

4. 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) Business schools.
(c) Ivy league.
(d) Film schools.

5. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?
(a) Wreckless market.
(b) Caged market.
(c) Leashed market.
(d) Free market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

2. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?

3. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?

4. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?

5. When was the NAACP formed?

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