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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Al Sharpton a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1992.

2. Mamet claims in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth, that the people should save their abstract such as hope and their spiritual beliefs for what?
(a) The weekend.
(b) Politics.
(c) The dinner table.
(d) Religion.

3. What is defined as an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment?
(a) Competitiveness.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Complacency.

4. The State of Israel was created by a British mandate that was ratified by what organization?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) NATO.
(c) The League of Nations.
(d) The Communist Party.

5. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?
(a) Slave owners.
(b) Christians.
(c) U.S. citizens.
(d) Republicans.

6. When was Al Sharpton born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1947.

7. In Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined, Mamet claims that while it's absurd to judge that someone is not capable of a certain position because of his race, it is just as absurd to do what?
(a) Push someone into a position who is not suited for it just because of his race.
(b) Assume the same based on their religion.
(c) Hold an election for the position.
(d) Assume the same based on their sex.

8. Mamet writes in Chapter 34: Hope and Change, that a democracy doesn't elect the best people in the country for what reason?
(a) They aren't as popular.
(b) They don't raise enough funds.
(c) They represent a third party.
(d) They generally don't run.

9. When did Mamet's grandparents immigrate to the United States?
(a) The 1890s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1900s.
(d) The 1910s.

10. Who headed a radical group that occupied Columbia University and insisted that he was speaking for the student body but most students didn't support him?
(a) Rob Jackson.
(b) Arnold Thompson.
(c) Mark Rudd.
(d) John Stephens.

11. In what year did Sarah Palin resign as Governor of Alaska?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2010.

12. It is Mamet's opinion in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal that who sends the message everyday that America has surrendered and is ready to be taken over by our enemies?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) Howard Stern.
(d) George W. Bush.

13. When was Karl Marx born?
(a) 1868.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1835.

14. In what year was Sarah Palin appointed Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2003.

15. Karl Marx was quoted for saying that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his" what?
(a) Means.
(b) Want.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Need.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is? Mamet claims that he wrote "The Secret Knowledge" not because he's an expert but because he is what?

2. What radio talk show does Al Sharpton host?

3. According to David Mamet, Al Sharpton complains about hair salons in black communities being owned largely by whom?

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling from what year?

5. Who did David Mamet claim was a brilliant actress and comedienne but failed to meet the standards of the feminists of her day in Chapter 26: Feminism?

(see the answer keys)

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