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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mamet writes in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that the Left worships both the tribe and what?
(a) Big government.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Small government.
(d) Judaism.

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

3. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A professinal motorcycle racer.
(b) A dentist.
(c) A historian.
(d) An author.

4. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) Carl Menger.
(b) Dambisa Moyo.
(c) Paul Krugman.
(d) Wilhelm Röpke.

5. When was Milton Friedman born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1912.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?

2. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that the liberal concern for the "victim" is merely an attempt to do what?

3. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?

4. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet describe the nature of laws in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?

2. How do liberal youths today relate to the book "Lost Horizon", according to Mamet in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?

3. What economist does Mamet cite in Chapter 6: "The Music Man"? What observation is made?

4. How does Mamet describe Jane Fonda's political actions in Chapter 19: Adventure Slumming?

5. How does Mamet describe the paradox of liberal thought in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

6. How does Mamet describe the change in Liberal Arts education in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?

7. How does Mamet relate liberalism, big government and nature in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?

8. What does Mamet assert of the free market in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?

9. How does Mamet describe the relationship between the Left and the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

10. How does Mamet describe his youth in his native city in Chapter 9: Chicago?

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