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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. Where is Alcatraz Island located?
(a) Puget Sound.
(b) The Sea of Cortez.
(c) San Francisco Bay.
(d) Humboldt Bay.

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?
(a) The Mafia.
(b) Dirty politics.
(c) The garbage hauling industry.
(d) The port authority.

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

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

5. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Literature.
(b) Economic Sciences.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?

3. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?

4. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?

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

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