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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Dambisa Moyo.
(b) Carl Menger.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Wilhelm Röpke.

2. In what year did the government award Nevil Shute and a governmental department contracts to make rigid aircraft called zeppelins?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1925.

3. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?
(a) Divide and conquer.
(b) Show it's vulnerability.
(c) Revive it's spirit.
(d) Distinguish its diversity.

4. Who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Meredith Willson.
(b) Erica Reynolds.
(c) Nancy Edwards.
(d) Rebecca Matthews.

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

6. In Chapter 14: R100, Mamet claims that the reason the American car industry failed was what?
(a) They used poor materials.
(b) No one wanted its products.
(c) They didn't advertise enough.
(d) Cars were not available in popular colors.

7. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?
(a) Ivy league.
(b) Film schools.
(c) Technical colleges.
(d) Business schools.

8. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?
(a) Powerless.
(b) Mentally unstable.
(c) Poor.
(d) Uneducated.

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

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

11. 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) Mexicans.
(b) Americans.
(c) Israelis.
(d) Canadians.

12. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?
(a) Common sense.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Cosmos.

13. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To destroy Israel and claim the land.
(b) Free entry in and out of Israel.
(c) To live in peace with the Jews.
(d) A buffer zone along the border.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. When was Nevil Shute born?

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

5. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?

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