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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?
(a) Society.
(b) The Democratic party.
(c) The Christian church.
(d) The Republican party.

3. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1904.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1933.

4. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A historian.
(b) An author.
(c) A dentist.
(d) A professinal motorcycle racer.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?

2. When was Nevil Shute born?

3. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

4. Who was Vanessa Redgrave's father?

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

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