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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mamet claim the political impulse originated from in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?
(a) A natural urge to bring order to social relations.
(b) A desire to rule lower classes.
(c) Ancient Roman times.
(d) A way to convey one's perspective.

2. What is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?
(a) Segregation.
(b) Utopia.
(c) Sovereign nation.
(d) Multiculturalism.

3. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?
(a) Tariff.
(b) Embargo.
(c) Taboo.
(d) Bounty.

4. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) John McCain.

5. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?

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

4. According to Mamet, who supported the concepts of fiscal conservatism, lower taxes and a strong military in the 2008 Presidential election?

5. 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?

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