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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?
(a) Liberalism.
(b) Conservatism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Communism.

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

6. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1989.

7. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) 9/11 attacks.
(b) 12/17 attacks.
(c) 4/4 attacks.
(d) Bin Laden attacks.

8. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1904.

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

10. 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) Cars were not available in popular colors.
(d) They didn't advertise enough.

11. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 29th.
(b) 56th.
(c) 44th.
(d) 68th.

12. 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) Show it's vulnerability.
(b) Divide and conquer.
(c) Distinguish its diversity.
(d) Revive it's spirit.

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

14. 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?
(a) You are doing things wrong.
(b) Ignorance is bliss.
(c) Not to question established conventions.
(d) We are better than you.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?

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

4. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?

5. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that the Socialist vision of society, of taking care of the weak and downtrodden, only serves to do what?

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