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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 through 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?
(a) Limiting the government's powers.
(b) Overthrowing the government.
(c) Moving deep into the woods.
(d) Extending the governments powers.

2. In Chapter 14: R100, Mamet claims that the reason the American car industry failed was what?
(a) They used poor materials.
(b) They didn't advertise enough.
(c) No one wanted its products.
(d) Cars were not available in popular colors.

3. What is defined as a suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage?
(a) Anti Semitism.
(b) Anti Israelism.
(c) Anti Palestinianism.
(d) Anti Judaism.

4. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1998.

5. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?

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

3. What refers to a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice?

4. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that the liberal concern for the "victim" is merely an attempt to do what?

5. When was the NAACP formed?

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