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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 what year did the stock market crash, leading to the Great Depression?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1926.

2. U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended in what year?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1973.

3. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
(a) A natural urge to bring order to social relations.
(b) A way to convey one's perspective.
(c) A desire to rule lower classes.
(d) Ancient Roman times.

4. Mamet describes a friend of his daughter's who was what in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?
(a) A muslim.
(b) A beauty queen.
(c) A mormon.
(d) An heiress.

5. What refers to a process where people who live in proximity to each other come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest?
(a) State legislature.
(b) Community organizing.
(c) Gang initiation.
(d) Church gathering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did David Mamet write about filmmaking?

2. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

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

4. Where is Alcatraz Island located?

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 37: Late Revelations that the Obama campaign slogans suggested that change happens without what?

(see the answer key)

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