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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. What was the name of legislation approved by the U.S. Congress in that prohibited further U.S. military activity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

2. According to David Mamet, Al Sharpton complains about hair salons in black communities being owned largely by whom?

3. What is defined as existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought?

4. What is defined as an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes?

5. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet writes that greed is a sin according to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

2. What led to the diminishing of conservative Judaism in Mamet's family, as described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis?

3. What does Mamet write about the 2008 housing collapse in Chapter 23: Greed?

4. Why does Mamet state that a democracy does not generally elect the best people into office in Chapter 34: Hope and Change? What example does he cite?

5. How does Mamet relate the metaphor of the street sweeper to Marxism in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

6. What does Mamet write about his own military experience in Chapter 37: Late Revelations?

7. How does Mamet relate the benefits of working on a movie set in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?

8. How does Mamet relate the government to a sports referee in Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions?

9. What does Mamet claim about the denigration of American culture in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

10. How has opinion changed regarding the Jewish people, according to Mamet in Chapter 28: Some Personal History?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the history of World War II, the U.S. Constitution, and the president's right to declare war. Does the Constitution grant this right to the President or to Congress?

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

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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