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

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained that the advantage that free enterprise has over the state is that it can what?
(a) Change prices and values easier.
(b) More easily and effectively correct itself.
(c) It can skirt regulations easier.
(d) It can advertise.

3. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?
(a) New York.
(b) Portland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Denver.

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

5. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?
(a) Sarah Palin.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Pat Robertson.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, the denial of reality is one of the reasons the Left embraces what?

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

4. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?

5. What does Mamet claim the Arabs want in regard to the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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