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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Mt. Rainer occupation.
(d) The Yosemite Valley occupation.

2. Who was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 election?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Joe Biden.

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

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

5. Who was Vanessa Redgrave's father?
(a) Sir Newman James.
(b) Sir Albert Hutchman.
(c) Sir James Murphy.
(d) Sir Michael Redgrave.

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

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

8. 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?
(a) Caged market.
(b) Wreckless market.
(c) Free market.
(d) Leashed market.

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

10. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?
(a) A culture in which their family has thrived.
(b) The Communist revolution.
(c) A democratic society.
(d) The true heart of America.

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

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

13. What thriving industry did California tax out of the state, according to Mamet in Chapter 14: R100?
(a) The film industry.
(b) Manufacturing.
(c) Recreation.
(d) Scientific research.

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

15. 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?
(a) Friendships.
(b) An acting degree.
(c) A liberal college education.
(d) Fast cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?

2. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?

5. When was Jane Fonda born?

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