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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Economic Sciences.

2. 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.

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

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

5. When was the novel "Lost Horizon" published?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Republican candidate for President in the 2008 election?

2. When was Vanessa Redgrave born?

3. When was Milton Friedman born?

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

5. In what year did the government award Nevil Shute and a governmental department contracts to make rigid aircraft called zeppelins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought about the "car czar" in the Obama administration according to Mamet in Chapter 20: Cabinet Spiritualism and the Car Czar? How does he define this title?

2. What criticism of the Left does Mamet voice in Chapter 7: Choice?

3. How does Mamet describe the relationship between the Left and the State of Israel in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

4. How does Mamet describe the differences between Israel, West Germany and East Germany in Chapter 14: R100? How does this relate to American finance?

5. What does Mamet claim would be the outcome in Iran if people expressed freedom of thought in Chapter 17: Puritans?

6. How does Mamet describe his former political leanings in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

7. What hypocrisies does Mamet point out in liberal thought in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?"

8. How does Mamet describe his youth in his native city in Chapter 9: Chicago?

9. What comparison does Mamet make between Charles Manson and Che Guevara in Chapter 4: Alcatraz?

10. What question did Milton Friedman ask, according to Mamet in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained? Where does Mamet believe government should and should not intervene?

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