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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. Karl Marx was quoted for saying that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his" what?

2. Mamet claims in Chapter 26: Feminism, that the left's dislike of Sarah Palin is in large part because she is what?

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth that American Democracy is based on the belief that what?

4. In what year did Sarah Palin resign as Governor of Alaska?

5. What incumbent Republican did Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeat in winning the U.S. Presidency?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet claim to the objective of Al Sharpton in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

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

3. How does Mamet define greed and ambition in Chapter 23: Greed?

4. How does Mamet describe the impact of the Dred Scott Decision in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

5. 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?

6. How does Mamet describe the internal sources of America's destruction in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal? What external sources does he describe?

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

8. What is the outcome when the government intervenes on the side of the street sweeper according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

9. From what did the institution of marriage arise, according to Mamet in Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the work of Franklin D. Roosevelt. How does Mamet equate Roosevelt's successes as the successes of big government?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Mamet's assertions about feminism, the Left and Sarah Palin. Do you agree with Mamet on the reasons the Left did not embrace Palin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the book "Lost Horizon" and the correlation between the protagonist and liberal youth today. Why does Mamet compare the two?

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