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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. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?
(a) "The Scourge of Humanity".
(b) "The Spanish Inquisition".
(c) "The Holocaust".
(d) "The Rape of Jenin".

2. According to Mamet in Chapter 9: Chicago, there was something alluring about what infamous element of Chicago in his childhood?
(a) The port authority.
(b) The garbage hauling industry.
(c) Dirty politics.
(d) The Mafia.

3. Liberals view themselves as compassionate and free-thinking but to Mamet they are what?
(a) Racist and ignorant.
(b) Arrogant and stubborn.
(c) Brainwashed and lazy.
(d) Narrow and biased.

4. What thriving industry did California tax out of the state, according to Mamet in Chapter 14: R100?
(a) The film industry.
(b) Recreation.
(c) Scientific research.
(d) Manufacturing.

5. What does Mamet assert would happen to the occupants of an Iranian vehicle with a bumper sticker with a Christian cross, a star of David and a Muslim crescent and the single word, "Co-Exist"?
(a) They would be asked to leave.
(b) Their hands would be cut off.
(c) They would be forced to become muslims.
(d) They would be beheaded.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?

2. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?

3. In Chapter 17: Puritans, Mamet writes that liberals apply what to all people and causes?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Left as meaning what?

5. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

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