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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 executive orders did FDR institute which brought about a variety of programs designed to produce relief (government jobs for the unemployed), recovery (economic growth), and reform?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) The Fair Deal.
(c) The Good Deal.
(d) The Last Deal.

2. 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) Lacking listeners.
(b) A citizen with something to say.
(c) A true patriot.
(d) Saddened by the state of the country.

3. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in what year?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1958.

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

5. What is defined as something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity?
(a) Psychic.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Incentive.
(d) Intuiion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?

2. When was Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?

3. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?

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

5. When did Saul David Alinsky die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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