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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 Saul David Alinsky born?
(a) 1884.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1909.

2. 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 Case-Church Amendment.
(b) The White Flag Amendment.
(c) The Victory Amendment.
(d) The Bring Our Kids Home Amendment.

3. What book by Sarah Palin has sold more than two million copies?
(a) Going Rogue.
(b) Russia is Coming.
(c) How to Gut a Moose.
(d) Denali and Me.

4. In Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is? Mamet claims that he wrote "The Secret Knowledge" not because he's an expert but because he is what?
(a) A citizen with something to say.
(b) Saddened by the state of the country.
(c) Lacking listeners.
(d) A true patriot.

5. The main effects of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford in history were the rise of the Republican Party over what party?
(a) The Democratic Party.
(b) The Torey Party.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Whig Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Al Sharpton born?

2. What refers to a process where people who live in proximity to each other come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest?

3. Mamet's father only finished how many years of community college before he bluffed his way into law school?

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet describe the internal sources of America's destruction in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal? What external sources does he describe?

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

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

4. Why does Mamet criticize the words "hope" and "change" in the Obama campaign in Chapter 34: Hope and Change?

5. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

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

7. How are the Ashkenazi Jews described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis? How did Mamet's grandparents succeed in America?

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

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

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

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