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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. 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 Bill of Rights.
(d) The U.N. Charter.

2. Roughly when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1972.

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

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling from what year?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1857.

5. Mamet's father only finished how many years of community college before he bluffed his way into law school?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

2. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?

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

4. According to Mamet, the United Nations destroyed the image of America by identifying the nation as what?

5. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Mamet relate the benefits of working on a movie set in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?

6. What does Mamet assert to be the reason for America's success in Chapter 39: The Secret Knowledge? What threatens that success to Mamet?

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

8. How does Mamet relate the metaphor of the street sweeper to Marxism in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

9. Why does Mamet assert he wrote the book The Secret Knowledge in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?

10. 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?

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