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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37 through 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended in what year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1975.

2. In what year was Sarah Palin appointed Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2000.

3. What was the profession of David Mamet's father?
(a) Dentist.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Professor.
(d) Doctor.

4. Where was Al Sharpton born?
(a) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

5. Mamet writes in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage that the Left worships both the tribe and what?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Small government.
(d) Big government.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the NAACP formed?

2. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?

3. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?

4. According to Mamet in Chapter 7: Choice, a group that knows nothing of the world's history plopped in an isolated area on earth has what one factor that keeps it together?

5. Who headed a radical group that occupied Columbia University and insisted that he was speaking for the student body but most students didn't support him?

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