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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that the liberal concern for the "victim" is merely an attempt to do what?
(a) Evoke a religious, spiritual feeling.
(b) Raise money.
(c) Be martyrs.
(d) Attain power and fame.

2. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A dentist.
(b) An author.
(c) A historian.
(d) A professinal motorcycle racer.

3. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Racism.
(b) Society.
(c) Culture.
(d) Ancient history.

4. What term refers to the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft?
(a) Canon.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Apparatus of death.
(d) Armament.

5. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?

3. What concept stands on the side of the street sweeper and urges him to ask for more on payday since he gets far less than a physician, according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

4. U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended in what year?

5. What was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955?

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