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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. Who headed a radical group that occupied Columbia University and insisted that he was speaking for the student body but most students didn't support him?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 31: Breatharian that government did not invent what nor can it oversee it effectively?

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 29: The Family, that the family is the single-most important unit for transmitting what?

4. When did the Vietnam War begin?

5. What is defined as an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Saul Alinsky described in Chapter 37: Late Revelations? What criticism does Mamet have for community organization?

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

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

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

5. How does Mamet describe liberal hypocrisy in regard to feminism in Chapter 26: Feminism?

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

7. What is the outcome of government intervention in the economy according to Mamet in Chapter 31: Breatharian?

8. Why does Mamet criticize the words "hope" and "change" in the Obama campaign in Chapter 34: Hope and Change?

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

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

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

Describe and discuss the Ashkenazi Immigration. What reasons did the Ashkenazi Jews have for leaving their homeland to come to America?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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