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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) The end of the world.
(b) The new New Deal.
(c) Salvation.
(d) The start or World War III.

2. What does Mamet claim the Jews of the State of Israel want in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To take over more land.
(b) To rely on the might of the U.S.
(c) To protect their borders and live in peace.
(d) To provoke the Palestinians.

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?
(a) More easily and effectively correct itself.
(b) It can advertise.
(c) Change prices and values easier.
(d) It can skirt regulations easier.

4. When was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1824.

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

6. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Jews.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Christians.

7. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) Bin Laden attacks.
(b) 12/17 attacks.
(c) 9/11 attacks.
(d) 4/4 attacks.

8. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?
(a) You are doing things wrong.
(b) Ignorance is bliss.
(c) We are better than you.
(d) Not to question established conventions.

9. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that the liberal concern for the "victim" is merely an attempt to do what?
(a) Attain power and fame.
(b) Raise money.
(c) Be martyrs.
(d) Evoke a religious, spiritual feeling.

10. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1992.

11. Mamet writes in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that the Left worships both the tribe and what?
(a) Big government.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Small government.

12. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?
(a) The Christian church.
(b) Society.
(c) The Democratic party.
(d) The Republican party.

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

14. What is defined as a suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage?
(a) Anti Israelism.
(b) Anti Judaism.
(c) Anti Palestinianism.
(d) Anti Semitism.

15. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?
(a) What true wealth is.
(b) Where the wealth came from.
(c) How important wealth is.
(d) What currency is the strongest.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?

2. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?

3. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?

4. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?

5. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?

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