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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 was the name of legislation approved by the U.S. Congress in that prohibited further U.S. military activity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?
(a) The White Flag Amendment.
(b) The Victory Amendment.
(c) The Bring Our Kids Home Amendment.
(d) The Case-Church Amendment.

2. In 1987, Mamet made his film directing debut with what movie?
(a) House of Games.
(b) City of Angels.
(c) Field of Flowers.
(d) Signs of Sorrow.

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator, that the biggest fault of his generation is what?
(a) Pride.
(b) Anger.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Ingratitude.

4. Mamet writes in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth that our nation has been the most successful in history because our laws are built upon the concept that compassion and greed in the hands of the state will result in what?
(a) Bliss.
(b) Fueding.
(c) Misery.
(d) Classes.

5. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?
(a) Money.
(b) Free education.
(c) An advantage.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?

2. What book did David Mamet write about filmmaking?

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 29: The Family, that the family is the single-most important unit for transmitting what?

4. When was Al Sharpton born?

5. Mamet writes that marriage is a naturally evolved response to the primordial urge for what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What importance does Mamet lay on the foundation of family in Chapter 29: The Family?

2. How does Mamet relate demagoguery to the Obama campaign in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

3. How does Mamet define greed and ambition in Chapter 23: Greed?

4. What metaphor does Mamet cite for liberal perspectives in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?

5. How does Mamet describe his Christian experiences at Kamp Kwaga in Chapter 25: Oakton Manor and Camp Kawaga?

6. What does Mamet write about the 2008 housing collapse in Chapter 23: Greed?

7. How is Saul Alinsky described in Chapter 37: Late Revelations? What criticism does Mamet have for community organization?

8. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

9. How did David Mamet's political beliefs evolve throughout his life?

10. How has opinion changed regarding the Jewish people, according to Mamet in Chapter 28: Some Personal History?

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