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

2. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) Free entry in and out of Israel.
(b) To destroy Israel and claim the land.
(c) To live in peace with the Jews.
(d) A buffer zone along the border.

3. What thriving industry did California tax out of the state, according to Mamet in Chapter 14: R100?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Scientific research.
(c) Recreation.
(d) The film industry.

4. What was the name of David Mamet's father?
(a) Bernard Morris Mamet.
(b) James Russel Mamet.
(c) Herbert David Mamet.
(d) Marcus Robert Mamet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?

2. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that the Left worships both the tribe and what?

4. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?

5. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet writes that although the Constitution gives the power to declare war to the Congress, who declared war on Japan and then got Congress' approval?

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