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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1918.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Who does Mamet describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?
(a) The Cabinet Spiritualists.
(b) The Senate Shamans.
(c) The Republican Magicians.
(d) The Liberal Wizards.

7. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?
(a) More easily and effectively correct itself.
(b) Change prices and values easier.
(c) It can advertise.
(d) It can skirt regulations easier.

8. Maxwell Street refers to a famous street in what city?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chicago.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Phoenix.

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

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

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

12. When was Nevil Shute born?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1899.

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

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

15. 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 live in peace with the Jews.
(b) To destroy Israel and claim the land.
(c) Free entry in and out of Israel.
(d) A buffer zone along the border.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?

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

3. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?

4. At what institution did Milton Friedman teach for over three decades?

5. In what year did the government award Nevil Shute and a governmental department contracts to make rigid aircraft called zeppelins?

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