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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1918.

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Godlessness.
(d) Anarchy.

3. In Chapter 15: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Socialism and Anti-Semitism, Mamet writes that it is difficult to understand why aid is given to Palestine when some of the money is funneled to terrorists whose main goal is to kill whom?
(a) Americans.
(b) Mexicans.
(c) Canadians.
(d) Israelis.

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Left as meaning what?
(a) Equality.
(b) The right to a fair trial.
(c) An increase in civil rights.
(d) Community service.

5. What does Mamet assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
(a) They would be forced to become muslims.
(b) Their hands would be cut off.
(c) They would be beheaded.
(d) They would be asked to leave.

6. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Magic thinking".
(b) "Communist thinking".
(c) "Arrogant thinking".
(d) "Wishful thinking".

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

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

9. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?
(a) Embargo.
(b) Bounty.
(c) Tariff.
(d) Taboo.

10. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?
(a) The Bull Run occupation.
(b) The Alcatraz Island occupation.
(c) The Yosemite Valley occupation.
(d) The Mt. Rainer occupation.

11. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) London, England.
(d) Warsaw, Poland.

12. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1989.

13. Where is Alcatraz Island located?
(a) The Sea of Cortez.
(b) Puget Sound.
(c) San Francisco Bay.
(d) Humboldt Bay.

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

15. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Hugh Conway.
(b) Albert Yonders.
(c) Jack Jenkins.
(d) Ralph Buckingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

2. Liberals view themselves as compassionate and free-thinking but to Mamet they are what?

3. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?

4. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?

5. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?

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