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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. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
2. When was the NAACP formed?
3. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?
4. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?
5. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mamet describe the differences between Israel, West Germany and East Germany in Chapter 14: R100? How does this relate to American finance?
2. How does Mamet describe the change in Liberal Arts education in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?
3. How does Mamet describe the relationship between the Left and the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
4. How is the premise of "Let's Make a Deal" described in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
5. What criticism of the Left does Mamet voice in Chapter 7: Choice?
6. How does Mamet describe Homeland Security in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
7. How does Mamet relate liberalism, big government and nature in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?
8. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?
9. What does Mamet assert of the free market in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?
10. How does Mamet describe the paradox of liberal thought in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
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 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?
Essay Topic 3
Define and discuss the terms the Left, the Right, fiscal conservatism, liberalism and conservatism. How do Mamet's definitions of these terms relate to dictionary definitions?
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