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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?
2. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?
3. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?
4. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
5. When was Milton Friedman born?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do liberal youths today relate to the book "Lost Horizon", according to Mamet in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?
2. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?
3. How is the premise of "Let's Make a Deal" described in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
4. What hypocrisies does Mamet point out in liberal thought in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?"
5. How is Nevil Shute introduced in Chapter 14: R100? What was Shute contracted to make?
6. How does Mamet describe Homeland Security in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
7. How does Mamet relate Obama's campaign to the musical "The Music Man" in Chapter 6: "The Music Man"?
8. What does Mamet assert of the free market in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?
9. What comparison does Mamet make between Charles Manson and Che Guevara in Chapter 4: Alcatraz?
10. What criticism of the Left does Mamet voice in Chapter 7: Choice?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Mamet's examination of Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave. Do you agree or disagree with Mamet's conclusion that Fonda committed treason? How do her actions differ from those granted from freedom of speech?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the history of commerce in Communist and non-Communist nations discussed in Chapter 14: R100. What does the metaphor of Nevil Shute do to support Mamet's case?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Mamet's criticism of the Liberal Arts education in America. How does Mamet serve these institutions? Do you agree with Mamet's observations? Why or why not?
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