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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. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?
(a) The start or World War III.
(b) The new New Deal.
(c) Salvation.
(d) The end of the world.

2. At what institution did Milton Friedman teach for over three decades?
(a) Loyola University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Stanford University.

3. In Chapter 13: Maxwell Street, Mamet claims that the Socialist vision of society, of taking care of the weak and downtrodden, only serves to do what?
(a) Make America less prosperous.
(b) Tear at the fabric of our nation.
(c) Curb creativity and human imagination.
(d) Encourage dependability on the government.

4. What radio talk show does Al Sharpton host?
(a) "Keepin' It Real".
(b) "360 New York".
(c) "Truth in Politics".
(d) "Dateline".

5. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1975.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?

2. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that buying into the "change" that Obama has promised will cause the descent of the nation into what?

4. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the impact of liberal policies will result in what?

5. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

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