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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?
(a) Christians.
(b) Republicans.
(c) U.S. citizens.
(d) Slave owners.

2. When was Karl Marx born?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1835.

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is? that the difference between fairness and equality is that the latter can be given what?
(a) A standard.
(b) Laws.
(c) A value.
(d) To future generations.

4. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?
(a) Jesse Jackson.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Richard Nixon.

5. What is defined as existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought?
(a) Psychic.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Incentive.
(d) Intuiion.

6. What is defined as the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.?
(a) Culture.
(b) Ancient history.
(c) Society.
(d) Racism.

7. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?
(a) Praise.
(b) Denigrate.
(c) Abolish.
(d) Critique.

8. What book by Sarah Palin has sold more than two million copies?
(a) How to Gut a Moose.
(b) Russia is Coming.
(c) Denali and Me.
(d) Going Rogue.

9. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet claims that in the liberal view, those who take more than their "fair share" should be what?
(a) Imprisioned.
(b) Questioned.
(c) Punished.
(d) Praised.

10. Mamet writes in Chapter 34: Hope and Change, that a democracy doesn't elect the best people in the country for what reason?
(a) They generally don't run.
(b) They don't raise enough funds.
(c) They aren't as popular.
(d) They represent a third party.

11. What refers to the area of the nation's economy under private rather than governmental control?
(a) Military sector.
(b) Private sector.
(c) Eduacation sector.
(d) Religious sector.

12. What book did David Mamet write about filmmaking?
(a) Directing the Future.
(b) On Directing Film.
(c) All About Film and Filmmaking.
(d) Films for Dummies.

13. What refers to a process where people who live in proximity to each other come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest?
(a) Church gathering.
(b) Community organizing.
(c) State legislature.
(d) Gang initiation.

14. In Chapter 26: Feminism, Mamet claims that the weakening of what will eventually destroy the family which is essential for a successful society?
(a) Conservatism.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Democracy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what book is Saul Alinsky most well known?

2. What was the name of legislation approved by the U.S. Congress in that prohibited further U.S. military activity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

3. What incumbent Republican did Franklin Delano Roosevelt defeat in winning the U.S. Presidency?

4. In Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions, Mamet writes that liberals want to make the world fair by giving what to those with less ability or who are perceived to have been disadvantaged by society?

5. Where was Karl Marx born?

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