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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Shangri-La.
(d) Atlantis.

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

7. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Arrogant thinking".
(b) "Wishful thinking".
(c) "Magic thinking".
(d) "Communist thinking".

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

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

10. 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 free market.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The stock market.

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

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

13. 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) The space race.
(d) World War II.

14. 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 Mt. Rainer occupation.
(c) The Yosemite Valley occupation.
(d) The Alcatraz Island occupation.

15. What is defined as a suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage?
(a) Anti Semitism.
(b) Anti Palestinianism.
(c) Anti Judaism.
(d) Anti Israelism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?

2. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?

3. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?

4. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?

5. 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?

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