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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. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) The mayor.
(c) A bureaucrat.
(d) The mafia.

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

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) Conservatism.

4. In Chapter 15: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Socialism and Anti-Semitism, Mamet writes that it is difficult to understand why aid is given to Palestine when some of the money is funneled to terrorists whose main goal is to kill whom?
(a) Americans.
(b) Canadians.
(c) Israelis.
(d) Mexicans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the play "The Music Man"?

2. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?

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

4. In Chapter 14: R100, Mamet claims that the reason the American car industry failed was what?

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?

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