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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 Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Communists.
(d) Libertarians.

2. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Carl Menger.
(b) Dambisa Moyo.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Wilhelm Röpke.

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

4. What does Mamet assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
(a) They would be forced to become muslims.
(b) They would be asked to leave.
(c) They would be beheaded.
(d) Their hands would be cut off.

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?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?

2. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

3. What does Mamet define as the practice of indicting and assaulting others for their opinions or for sometimes just stating the truth in Chapter 24: Arrested Development?

4. Whose poem written for his son and containing many Christian references did Mamet read while at Camp Kawaga?

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

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