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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. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 56th.
(b) 29th.
(c) 44th.
(d) 68th.

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 24: Arrested Development that while teaching a drama course, Mamet encountered students who didn't want the villain of a story to be what?
(a) An Australian.
(b) An American.
(c) An Arab.
(d) A Jew.

3. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?
(a) Professor.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Doctor.

4. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet claims that in the liberal view, those who take more than their "fair share" should be what?
(a) Imprisioned.
(b) Punished.
(c) Praised.
(d) Questioned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Sarah Palin resign as Governor of Alaska?

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

3. According to David Mamet, Al Sharpton complains about hair salons in black communities being owned largely by whom?

4. In Chapter 26: Feminism, Mamet claims that the weakening of what will eventually destroy the family which is essential for a successful society?

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

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