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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. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?
2. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?
3. According to Mamet, the Left ascribes to a sharing of wealth but fails to answer what fundamental question?
4. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
5. What aircraft crashed and burned after making it only 300 miles on a trans-Atlantic trip in Chapter 14: R100?
Short Essay Questions
1. What values does Mamet claim the Democrats and Republicans espoused in the 2008 election in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
2. How does Mamet define culture in Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator?
3. What does Mamet write about the meaning of the parting of the Red Sea in Chapter 8: The Red Sea?
4. How does Mamet describe his youth in his native city in Chapter 9: Chicago?
5. How does Mamet describe the differences between Israel, West Germany and East Germany in Chapter 14: R100? How does this relate to American finance?
6. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?
7. What does Mamet assert the liberal viewpoint does to human creativity in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?
8. What does Mamet assert of the free market in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?
9. How does Mamet describe Homeland Security in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
10. How does Mamet describe the nature of laws in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the private and public sectors and the evolution of American politics, governmental control and finance. How has the government's role changed in the financial world in the past 100 years?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the life and career of Al Sharpton. Do you agree or disagree with Mamet's conclusions about Sharpton? Why?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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