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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. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the Left demands that the country continue to feel guilty about what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The space race.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) World War II.

2. When was Nevil Shute born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1906.

3. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?
(a) Praise.
(b) Critique.
(c) Abolish.
(d) Denigrate.

4. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?
(a) Ignorance is bliss.
(b) You are doing things wrong.
(c) We are better than you.
(d) Not to question established conventions.

5. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A dentist.
(b) An author.
(c) A historian.
(d) A professinal motorcycle racer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?

2. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?

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

4. In Chapter 8: The Red Sea, Mamet writes that perhaps the parting of the Red Sea did not symbolize the unity of mankind; rather, it may have been intended to do what?

5. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?

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