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

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?
(a) Rich people being safe.
(b) Strict adherence to laws.
(c) A death penalty is necessary.
(d) Criminals facing stiff jail sentences.

3. 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) Community service.
(c) The right to a fair trial.
(d) Equality.

4. What is the setting of the play "The Music Man"?
(a) Silver City.
(b) River City.
(c) Memphis.
(d) The mountaintop.

5. What name refers to a fictional Utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet featured in the book "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Shangri-La.
(c) Atlantis.
(d) Babylon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?

2. Obama's campaign of "hope" and "change" was heralded as what, according to Mamet in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

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

4. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?

5. Mamet has mused that he'd rather deal with a crooked cop than what in Chapter 9: Chicago?

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