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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 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?

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 claims in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth, that the people should save their abstract such as hope and their spiritual beliefs for what?

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

5. Where was Karl Marx born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet relate demagoguery to the Obama campaign in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What does Mamet assert to be the reason for America's success in Chapter 39: The Secret Knowledge? What threatens that success to Mamet?

7. 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?

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

9. For what play was Mamet criticized for misogynistic views in Chapter 26: Feminism? What was his response?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the failure of the housing market in 2008-2010 and the reasons it came about. What does Mamet blame for the fallout?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Chicago's political history and the NAACP. What politicians brought about the reputation for crooked politics in Chicago?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theories of Milton Friedman and their impact on the ideas of David Mamet. How does Milton Friedman view free enterprise?

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