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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The United States Presidential election of 2008 was numbered what quadrennial presidential election?
(a) 68th.
(b) 29th.
(c) 44th.
(d) 56th.

2. When was Milton Friedman born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1912.

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

4. What refers to a series of four coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States?
(a) Bin Laden attacks.
(b) 12/17 attacks.
(c) 9/11 attacks.
(d) 4/4 attacks.

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

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

7. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) Committed treason.
(b) Ended the war.
(c) Enraged the Japanese.
(d) Impressed the prsident.

8. In Chapter 5: Lost Horizon, Mamet writes that there is a stampede of unskilled individuals into what schools because it is an acceptable pursuit and it is not "work" per se?
(a) Technical colleges.
(b) Film schools.
(c) Ivy league.
(d) Business schools.

9. Who is the protagonist of the novel "Lost Horizon"?
(a) Hugh Conway.
(b) Ralph Buckingham.
(c) Jack Jenkins.
(d) Albert Yonders.

10. What does Mamet claim brought about the Car Czar in the Obama administration in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar?
(a) "Wishful thinking".
(b) "Communist thinking".
(c) "Arrogant thinking".
(d) "Magic thinking".

11. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Sarah Palin.
(c) John McCain.
(d) Joe Biden.

12. Along with other celebrities, Jane Fonda supported what occupation in 1969 which was intended to call attention to Native American issues?
(a) The Yosemite Valley occupation.
(b) The Alcatraz Island occupation.
(c) The Bull Run occupation.
(d) The Mt. Rainer occupation.

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

14. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that the pursuit of ____________________________ is a waste of time and money in that what can be taken from the experience is not marketable and has no relevance to the real work force?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Fast cars.
(c) An acting degree.
(d) A liberal college education.

15. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1962.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What economist makes the observation that aid to a developing country actually impedes that development in Chapter 6: The Music Man?

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. 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"?

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