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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. What does Mamet claim the Jews of the State of Israel want in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) To provoke the Palestinians.
(b) To take over more land.
(c) To protect their borders and live in peace.
(d) To rely on the might of the U.S.

2. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?
(a) Monetary equivalency.
(b) Moral equivalency.
(c) Racial equivalency.
(d) Educational equivalency.

3. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1998.

4. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) Committed treason.
(b) Enraged the Japanese.
(c) Impressed the prsident.
(d) Ended the war.

5. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Barack Obama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that Conservatives believe in ______ which is not a fantasy and which is a proven success.

4. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

5. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mamet define culture in Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator?

3. What criticism of the Left does Mamet voice in Chapter 7: Choice?

4. What does Mamet assert the liberal viewpoint does to human creativity in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?

5. What question did Milton Friedman ask, according to Mamet in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained? Where does Mamet believe government should and should not intervene?

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

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

8. How is Nevil Shute introduced in Chapter 14: R100? What was Shute contracted to make?

9. What comparison does Mamet make between Charles Manson and Che Guevara in Chapter 4: Alcatraz?

10. What hypocrisies does Mamet point out in liberal thought in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?"

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