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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was David Mamet born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1936.

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

4. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?
(a) New York.
(b) Denver.
(c) Portland.
(d) Chicago.

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

6. Mamet claims in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that Conservatives believe in ______ which is not a fantasy and which is a proven success.
(a) The stock market.
(b) The free market.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Christianity.

7. 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.

8. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) An author.
(b) A professinal motorcycle racer.
(c) A historian.
(d) A dentist.

9. Mamet writes in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that the Left worships both the tribe and what?
(a) Big government.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Small government.
(d) Judaism.

10. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1975.

11. When was the NAACP formed?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1909.

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

13. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?
(a) Pat Robertson.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) Conservatives.
(d) Liberals.

14. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) "Family Feud".
(b) "The Price is Right".
(c) "Wheel of Fortune".
(d) "Let's Make a Deal".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

2. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?

4. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?

5. 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?

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