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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. U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended in what year?
2. Mamet writes in Chapter 29: The Family, that the family is the single-most important unit for transmitting what?
3. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?
4. Mamet describes a friend of his daughter's who was what in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?
5. What is defined as a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has opinion changed regarding the Jewish people, according to Mamet in Chapter 28: Some Personal History?
2. What is the outcome of government intervention in the economy according to Mamet in Chapter 31: Breatharian?
3. How does Mamet relate the benefits of working on a movie set in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?
4. What importance does Mamet lay on the foundation of family in Chapter 29: The Family?
5. What does Mamet write about the 2008 housing collapse in Chapter 23: Greed?
6. How is Saul Alinsky described in Chapter 37: Late Revelations? What criticism does Mamet have for community organization?
7. How does Mamet relate the metaphor of the street sweeper to Marxism in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?
8. 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?
9. Why does Mamet assert he wrote the book The Secret Knowledge in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?
10. How does Mamet define greed and ambition in Chapter 23: Greed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the 2008 U.S. Presidential election through the scope of Mamet's views. What did Mamet oppose in the Obama campaign and why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
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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