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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. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?
(a) Communists.
(b) Libertarians
(c) Democrats.
(d) Republicans.

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

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

4. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Communists.
(c) Libertarians.
(d) Democrats.

5. At what institution did Milton Friedman teach for over three decades?
(a) Stanford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Loyola University.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the NAACP formed?

2. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?

4. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?

5. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?

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