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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 through 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the NAACP formed?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1873.
(c) 1888.
(d) 1909.

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 24: Arrested Development that while teaching a drama course, Mamet encountered students who didn't want the villain of a story to be what?
(a) An American.
(b) An Arab.
(c) A Jew.
(d) An Australian.

3. In what year was Al Sharpton a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1992.

4. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet claims that in the liberal view, those who take more than their "fair share" should be what?
(a) Imprisioned.
(b) Punished.
(c) Praised.
(d) Questioned.

5. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?
(a) The Bull Run occupation.
(b) The Alcatraz Island occupation.
(c) The Yosemite Valley occupation.
(d) The Mt. Rainer occupation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to David Mamet, Al Sharpton complains about hair salons in black communities being owned largely by whom?

2. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?

3. Where was Al Sharpton born?

4. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?

5. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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