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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 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet writes that although the Constitution gives the power to declare war to the Congress, who declared war on Japan and then got Congress' approval?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

2. 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?
(a) Liberalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

3. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Randall Morris.
(b) Edmund King.
(c) Chadwick Roberts.
(d) James Hilton.

4. In what year was Al Sharpton a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2004.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1996.

5. Mamet describes being criticized for being a misogynist by a female critic for what play in Chapter 26: Feminism?
(a) American Buffalo.
(b) Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
(c) Oleanna.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 26: Feminism, Mamet claims that the weakening of what will eventually destroy the family which is essential for a successful society?

2. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?

3. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?

4. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

5. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?

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