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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. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?
(a) Islamic Fascism.
(b) Christian Evangelicism.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Communism.

2. Mamet claims in Chapter 31: Breatharian, that government intervention serves to do what?
(a) Complicate simple tasks.
(b) Create regulations and taxes.
(c) Retard the advancement of man.
(d) Advance the understandings of man.

3. What incumbent Republican did Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeat in winning the U.S. Presidency?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

4. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet writes that greed is a sin according to what?
(a) The U.S. Constitution.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) The U.N. Charter.
(d) The Bill of Rights.

5. Mamet writes that marriage is a naturally evolved response to the primordial urge for what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Biological urges.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) Finance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 36: Bumper Stickers, Mamet claims that old bumper stickers like "War Is Not the Answer," gave the false impression that there is only a choice between death and what?

2. When did Mamet's grandparents immigrate to the United States?

3. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling from what year?

4. Mamet describes being criticized for being a misogynist by a female critic for what play in Chapter 26: Feminism?

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 26: Feminism, that the left's dislike of Sarah Palin is in large part because she is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet write about his own military experience in Chapter 37: Late Revelations?

2. What does Mamet claim about war, diplomacy and choice in Chapter 36: Bumper Stickers?

3. For what play was Mamet criticized for misogynistic views in Chapter 26: Feminism? What was his response?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Mamet claim to the objective of Al Sharpton in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

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

8. What does Mamet claim about the denigration of American culture in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

9. How does Mamet describe the impact of the Dred Scott Decision in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

10. How does Mamet describe liberal hypocrisy in regard to feminism in Chapter 26: Feminism?

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