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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. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?
(a) Jews.
(b) Mormons.
(c) Christians.
(d) Puritans.

2. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Communists.
(b) Libertarians.
(c) Democrats.
(d) Republicans.

3. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?
(a) Extending the governments powers.
(b) Limiting the government's powers.
(c) Overthrowing the government.
(d) Moving deep into the woods.

4. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?
(a) Film schools.
(b) Technical colleges.
(c) Ivy league.
(d) Business schools.

5. In Chapter 15: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Socialism and Anti-Semitism, Mamet writes that it is difficult to understand why aid is given to Palestine when some of the money is funneled to terrorists whose main goal is to kill whom?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Canadians.
(c) Americans.
(d) Israelis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?

3. When was David Mamet born?

4. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

5. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mamet describe Homeland Security in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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