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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. When was Jane Fonda born?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1924.

5. 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?
(a) "The Holocaust".
(b) "The Scourge of Humanity".
(c) "The Spanish Inquisition".
(d) "The Rape of Jenin".

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

7. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1969.

8. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Economic Sciences.
(b) Literature.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Philosophy.

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

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

11. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Libertarians.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Communists.

12. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Libertarians
(d) Communists.

13. Who is the con man in the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Harold Hill.
(b) Michael Zeers.
(c) Donald Rice.
(d) John Robbins.

14. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet writes that although the Constitution gives the power to declare war to the Congress, who declared war on Japan and then got Congress' approval?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the State of Israel established?

2. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

3. When was the NAACP formed?

4. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?

5. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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