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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was an American politician and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party and served as the 31st Governor of Illinois?
(a) Rod Blagojevich.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Adlai Stevenson II.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

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

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

4. 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 represent a third party.
(b) They generally don't run.
(c) They don't raise enough funds.
(d) They aren't as popular.

5. What book by Sarah Palin has sold more than two million copies?
(a) Russia is Coming.
(b) Going Rogue.
(c) Denali and Me.
(d) How to Gut a Moose.

6. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Culture.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Racism.
(d) Society.

7. For what book is Saul Alinsky most well known?
(a) Justice for Everyone.
(b) Nerds for Freedom.
(c) Common Sense for Peace.
(d) Rules for Radicals.

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

9. In what year did Sarah Palin become mayor of Wasilla, Alaska?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

10. In what year did the stock market crash, leading to the Great Depression?
(a) 1926.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1929.

11. What incumbent Republican did Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeat in winning the U.S. Presidency?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

12. What is defined as something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity?
(a) Subjective.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Incentive.
(d) Intuiion.

13. Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
(a) The Second Amendment.
(b) The First Amendment.
(c) The Fith Amendment.
(d) The Eighth Amendment.

14. 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) Religion.
(c) The dinner table.
(d) Politics.

15. What refers to a process where people who live in proximity to each other come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest?
(a) Gang initiation.
(b) Community organizing.
(c) Church gathering.
(d) State legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet describes a friend of his daughter's who was what in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?

2. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

3. Although Camp Kawaga in Chicago that Mamet attended was a summer camp for Jewish children, they were forced to take part in what?

4. Mamet describes being criticized for being a misogynist by a female critic for what play in Chapter 26: Feminism?

5. When was Saul David Alinsky born?

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