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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freedom of speech in the United States is protected by what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
(a) The Fith Amendment.
(b) The First Amendment.
(c) The Second Amendment.
(d) The Eighth Amendment.

2. When did the Vietnam War begin?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1955.

3. Where was Karl Marx born?
(a) Prague, Czech Republic.
(b) Trier, Kingdom of Prussia.
(c) Madrid, Spain.
(d) London, England.

4. To what office was Sarah Palin elected in 1992?
(a) Wasilla City Council.
(b) Governor of Alaska.
(c) Russian Diplomat.
(d) State Senator of Alaska.

5. What book is Karl Marx most well-known for writing?
(a) The Socialist Manifesto.
(b) The Communist Manifesto.
(c) Mein Kampf.
(d) The World According to Garp.

6. What is defined as an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes?
(a) Postmodernism.
(b) Cult.
(c) Multiculturalism.
(d) Society.

7. What does Mamet define as the practice of indicting and assaulting others for their opinions or for sometimes just stating the truth in Chapter 24: Arrested Development?
(a) Identity politics.
(b) Party politics.
(c) Persecution politics.
(d) Blind politics.

8. Karl Marx was quoted for saying that "from each according to his ability, to each according to his" what?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Means.
(c) Want.
(d) Need.

9. Mamet writes in Chapter 31: Breatharian that government did not invent what nor can it oversee it effectively?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Religion.
(c) The film industry.
(d) The automobile industry.

10. 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) Society.
(b) Culture.
(c) Racism.
(d) Ancient history.

11. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?
(a) Love.
(b) Justice.
(c) Reason.
(d) Anxiety.

12. In Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined, Mamet claims that while it's absurd to judge that someone is not capable of a certain position because of his race, it is just as absurd to do what?
(a) Assume the same based on their sex.
(b) Hold an election for the position.
(c) Push someone into a position who is not suited for it just because of his race.
(d) Assume the same based on their religion.

13. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
(a) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
(b) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
(c) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(d) Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

14. In Chapter 23: Greed, Mamet writes that greed is a sin according to what?
(a) The Bill of Rights.
(b) The U.N. Charter.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) The U.S. Constitution.

15. 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?
(a) Free education.
(b) Gold.
(c) Money.
(d) An advantage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?

2. What is defined as an earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honor, fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment?

3. In what year was Al Sharpton a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. presidential election?

4. Mamet claims in Chapter 31: Breatharian, that government intervention serves to do what?

5. Mamet writes that marriage is a naturally evolved response to the primordial urge for what?

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