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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29 through 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to David Mamet, Al Sharpton complains about hair salons in black communities being owned largely by whom?
(a) Canadians.
(b) Indians.
(c) Asians.
(d) Mexicans.

2. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) John McCain.

3. What location does Mamet describe as similar to the Catskills and was a playground for adult Jews who were restricted from other hotels and resorts?
(a) The Hamptons.
(b) Oakton Manor.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Oakerly Lake.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Reason.
(d) Love.

5. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Silver City.
(b) Memphis.
(c) The mountaintop.
(d) River City.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?

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

3. What is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?

4. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?

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

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