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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Left as meaning what?
(a) An increase in civil rights.
(b) The right to a fair trial.
(c) Equality.
(d) Community service.

2. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Democrats.
(b) Republicans.
(c) Communists.
(d) Libertarians.

3. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Economic Sciences.

4. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?
(a) "Who needs decisions".
(b) "Can't I make my own decisions".
(c) "Who makes decisions".
(d) "Decisions for who".

5. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, what contains the wisdom from which the laws and the traditions of the West originate?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Common sense.
(c) The Cosmos.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?

2. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?

3. When was David Mamet born?

4. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?

5. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?

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