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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1979.

2. 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 beheaded.
(b) Their hands would be cut off.
(c) They would be asked to leave.
(d) They would be forced to become muslims.

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) Equality.
(d) The right to a fair trial.

4. When was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1824.

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

6. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1966.

7. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1928.

8. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?
(a) Free market.
(b) Caged market.
(c) Wreckless market.
(d) Leashed market.

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

10. In addition to being an aeronautical engineer, Nevil Shute was also what?
(a) A professinal motorcycle racer.
(b) An author.
(c) A historian.
(d) A dentist.

11. Where was Vanessa Redgrave born?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Warsaw, Poland.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

12. What was the name of David Mamet's father?
(a) Marcus Robert Mamet.
(b) Bernard Morris Mamet.
(c) James Russel Mamet.
(d) Herbert David Mamet.

13. Who was the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 election?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) John McCain.

14. Who was the Democratic candidate in the 2008 Presidential election?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) Joe Biden.
(d) John McCain.

15. 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?
(a) You are doing things wrong.
(b) We are better than you.
(c) Not to question established conventions.
(d) Ignorance is bliss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the play Glengarry Glen Ross?

2. Who does Mamet equate liberals with who were expelled from England because their "good acts" were seen as contrived and nauseated everyone?

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

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

5. What aircraft crashed and burned after making it only 300 miles on a trans-Atlantic trip in Chapter 14: R100?

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