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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 is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Multiculturalism.
(c) Sovereign nation.
(d) Utopia.

2. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?
(a) Humans.
(b) The bible.
(c) Society.
(d) Time.

3. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that to Liberals, the government has the responsibility of protecting anyone who claims to be what?
(a) Powerless.
(b) Mentally unstable.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Poor.

4. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Wishful thinking".
(b) "Arrogant thinking".
(c) "Communist thinking".
(d) "Magic thinking".

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Left as meaning what?
(a) An increase in civil rights.
(b) The right to a fair trial.
(c) Community service.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mamet write about the meaning of the parting of the Red Sea in Chapter 8: The Red Sea?

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

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

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

7. How does Mamet describe his former political leanings in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

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

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

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

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