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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 when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?
(a) "The Rape of Jenin".
(b) "The Scourge of Humanity".
(c) "The Spanish Inquisition".
(d) "The Holocaust".

2. Mamet claims in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth, that the people should save their abstract such as hope and their spiritual beliefs for what?
(a) Religion.
(b) The dinner table.
(c) Politics.
(d) The weekend.

3. What is defined as a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another?
(a) Society.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Custom.
(d) Anxiety.

4. What book did David Mamet write about filmmaking?
(a) Films for Dummies.
(b) All About Film and Filmmaking.
(c) On Directing Film.
(d) Directing the Future.

5. Mamet writes in Chapter 34: Hope and Change, that a democracy doesn't elect the best people in the country for what reason?
(a) They don't raise enough funds.
(b) They aren't as popular.
(c) They represent a third party.
(d) They generally don't run.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?

2. Who does Mamet describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?

3. Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

4. Mamet writes that marriage is a naturally evolved response to the primordial urge for what?

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

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