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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. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?
(a) Show it's vulnerability.
(b) Distinguish its diversity.
(c) Revive it's spirit.
(d) Divide and conquer.

2. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1989.

3. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?
(a) Mentally unstable.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Poor.

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

5. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is Mamet's opinion in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal that who sends the message everyday that America has surrendered and is ready to be taken over by our enemies?

2. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?

3. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?

4. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?

5. What book by Sarah Palin has sold more than two million copies?

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