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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 assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
(a) They would be forced to become muslims.
(b) They would be asked to leave.
(c) Their hands would be cut off.
(d) They would be beheaded.

2. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 68th.
(b) 44th.
(c) 29th.
(d) 56th.

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

4. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Economic Sciences.
(c) Literature.
(d) Philosophy.

5. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet writes that although the Constitution gives the power to declare war to the Congress, who declared war on Japan and then got Congress' approval?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Herbert Hoover.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 14: R100, Mamet claims that the reason the American car industry failed was what?

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

4. When was Sigmund Freud born?

5. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning did Nevil Shute give to the government in Chapter 14: R100? How was it received?

2. What does Mamet claim would be the outcome in Iran if people expressed freedom of thought in Chapter 17: Puritans?

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

4. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?

5. What values does Mamet claim the Democrats and Republicans espoused in the 2008 election in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

6. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?

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

8. How is the premise of "Let's Make a Deal" described in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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

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

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