View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Randall Morris.
(b) Chadwick Roberts.
(c) James Hilton.
(d) Edmund King.

2. 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?
(a) Friendships.
(b) An acting degree.
(c) Fast cars.
(d) A liberal college education.

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

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

5. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Magic thinking".
(b) "Arrogant thinking".
(c) "Communist thinking".
(d) "Wishful thinking".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. When was the NAACP formed?

4. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?

5. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 249 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample