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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. When was Jane Fonda born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1944.
2. When was the play "Glengarry Glen Ross" first produced?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1984.
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) Poor.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Mentally unstable.
(d) Powerless.
4. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) The start or World War III.
(b) The new New Deal.
(c) The end of the world.
(d) Salvation.
5. Who does Mamet describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?
(a) The Republican Magicians.
(b) The Senate Shamans.
(c) The Cabinet Spiritualists.
(d) The Liberal Wizards.
Short Answer Questions
1. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?
2. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?
3. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?
4. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?
5. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mamet define culture in Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator?
2. How does Mamet describe the differences between Israel, West Germany and East Germany in Chapter 14: R100? How does this relate to American finance?
3. What does Mamet claim would be the outcome in Iran if people expressed freedom of thought in Chapter 17: Puritans?
4. How does Mamet describe Homeland Security in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
5. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?
6. How is the premise of "Let's Make a Deal" described in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
7. What values does Mamet claim the Democrats and Republicans espoused in the 2008 election in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
8. How does Mamet describe his youth in his native city in Chapter 9: Chicago?
9. What does Mamet assert the liberal viewpoint does to human creativity in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?
10. How is Nevil Shute introduced in Chapter 14: R100? What was Shute contracted to make?
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