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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. Mamet writes in Chapter 29: The Family, that the family is the single-most important unit for transmitting what?
(a) Love.
(b) Political views.
(c) Cultural information.
(d) Information about justice.

2. Mamet writes that marriage is a naturally evolved response to the primordial urge for what?
(a) Monogamy.
(b) Biological urges.
(c) Religion.
(d) Finance.

3. What does Mamet define as when government vows to lead the people to the Promised Land in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?
(a) Demagoguery.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Misogyny.
(d) Nationalism.

4. Mamet claims in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is? that the difference between fairness and equality is that the latter can be given what?
(a) A standard.
(b) A value.
(c) To future generations.
(d) Laws.

5. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?
(a) Free education.
(b) Money.
(c) Gold.
(d) An advantage.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was David Mamet born?

2. When was Sarah Palin elected Governor of Alaska?

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

4. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?

5. What is a way the government generates revenues and which are based on proportions of earnings which is considered fair, according to Mamet?

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