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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. When was Milton Friedman born?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1928.

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

3. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Jesse Jackson.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

4. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 44th.
(b) 56th.
(c) 29th.
(d) 68th.

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator, that the biggest fault of his generation is what?
(a) Pride.
(b) Ingratitude.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 election?

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that Conservatives believe in ______ which is not a fantasy and which is a proven success.

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

5. When did the Vietnam War begin?

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