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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) World War II.
(c) The space race.
(d) The Great Depression.

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

3. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?
(a) A bureaucrat.
(b) The mafia.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A baseball player.

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

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

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

7. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?
(a) Professor.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Attorney.
(d) Dentist.

8. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?
(a) Racial equivalency.
(b) Moral equivalency.
(c) Educational equivalency.
(d) Monetary equivalency.

9. 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) Godlessness.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Poverty.

10. At what institution did Milton Friedman teach for over three decades?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Loyola University.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) Harvard University.

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

12. When was Nevil Shute born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1906.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was Sigmund Freud born?

4. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?

5. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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