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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?
(a) Mitchell Fonda.
(b) Robert Fonda.
(c) Henry Fonda.
(d) James Fonda.

5. 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 Palestinianism.
(c) Anti Semitism.
(d) Anti Judaism.

6. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) John McCain.

7. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?
(a) Time.
(b) Humans.
(c) Society.
(d) The bible.

8. What term refers to the weapon equipment of a military vehicle, ship, or aircraft?
(a) Canon.
(b) Artillery.
(c) Armament.
(d) Apparatus of death.

9. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?
(a) A death penalty is necessary.
(b) Rich people being safe.
(c) Strict adherence to laws.
(d) Criminals facing stiff jail sentences.

10. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?
(a) Overthrowing the government.
(b) Limiting the government's powers.
(c) Extending the governments powers.
(d) Moving deep into the woods.

11. When was the State of Israel established?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1293.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1725.

12. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?
(a) "Who makes decisions".
(b) "Decisions for who".
(c) "Who needs decisions".
(d) "Can't I make my own decisions".

13. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?
(a) River City.
(b) Silver City.
(c) The mountaintop.
(d) Memphis.

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

15. What aircraft crashed and burned after making it only 300 miles on a trans-Atlantic trip in Chapter 14: R100?
(a) The P839.
(b) The M441.
(c) The R101.
(d) The B732.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was David Mamet born?

2. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?

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

4. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?

5. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?

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