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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. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

2. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?

3. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?

4. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that the Socialist vision of society, of taking care of the weak and downtrodden, only serves to do what?

5. In Chapter 15: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Socialism and Anti-Semitism, Mamet writes that it is difficult to understand why aid is given to Palestine when some of the money is funneled to terrorists whose main goal is to kill whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet describe the change in Liberal Arts education in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?

2. 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?

3. What hypocrisies does Mamet point out in liberal thought in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?"

4. How does Mamet describe the relationship between the Left and the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

5. How do liberal youths today relate to the book "Lost Horizon", according to Mamet in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?

6. What warning did Nevil Shute give to the government in Chapter 14: R100? How was it received?

7. How does Mamet describe the paradox of liberal thought in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

8. How does Mamet relate Obama's campaign to the musical "The Music Man" in Chapter 6: "The Music Man"?

9. How does Mamet define culture in Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator?

10. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?

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 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

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?

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