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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. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?
2. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
3. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?
4. What does Mamet assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
5. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mamet describe the relationship between the Left and the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
2. What warning did Nevil Shute give to the government in Chapter 14: R100? How was it received?
3. How does Mamet describe his youth in his native city in Chapter 9: Chicago?
4. What brought about the "car czar" in the Obama administration according to Mamet in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar? How does he define this title?
5. What does Mamet claim would be the outcome in Iran if people expressed freedom of thought in Chapter 17: Puritans?
6. How does Mamet describe the nature of laws in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?
7. What comparison does Mamet make between Charles Manson and Che Guevara in Chapter 4: Alcatraz?
8. What values does Mamet claim the Democrats and Republicans espoused in the 2008 election in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
9. How does Mamet describe the change in Liberal Arts education in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?
10. What does Mamet write about the meaning of the parting of the Red Sea in Chapter 8: The Red Sea?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the life and career of Al Sharpton. Do you agree or disagree with Mamet's conclusions about Sharpton? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the origins and history of the State of Israel and the relationships between Israel, Palestine and the United States. What does Mamet assert the Arabs want? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the Ashkenazi Immigration. What reasons did the Ashkenazi Jews have for leaving their homeland to come to America?
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