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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. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet claims that in the liberal view, those who take more than their "fair share" should be what?

2. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling from what year?

3. 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?

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

5. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Mamet assert he wrote the book The Secret Knowledge in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?

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

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

5. What importance does Mamet lay on the foundation of family in Chapter 29: The Family?

6. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

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

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

9. How are the Ashkenazi Jews described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis? How did Mamet's grandparents succeed in America?

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 and discuss the book "White Guilt" by Shelby Steele. What political and social viewpoints does the book present? How did it influence Mamet?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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