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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. Mamet claims in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that Conservatives believe in ______ which is not a fantasy and which is a proven success.
(a) The stock market.
(b) The free market.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Christianity.

2. What is defined as an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Competitiveness.
(c) Idealism.
(d) Complacency.

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?
(a) Shared ability to see the future.
(b) The human element.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shared denial of reality.

4. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1962.

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?
(a) Conservatism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Liberalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

2. 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?

3. The State of Israel was created by a British mandate that was ratified by what organization?

4. Mamet claims in Chapter 26: Feminism, that the left's dislike of Sarah Palin is in large part because she is what?

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

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