View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?
(a) Republicans.
(b) Democrats.
(c) Libertarians
(d) Communists.

2. What is defined as the preservation of different cultures or cultural identities within a unified society, as a state or nation?
(a) Sovereign nation.
(b) Multiculturalism.
(c) Segregation.
(d) Utopia.

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

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

5. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?
(a) "Let's Make a Deal".
(b) "Wheel of Fortune".
(c) "The Price is Right".
(d) "Family Feud".

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of David Mamet's father?

2. Who felt that ultimate security would be found in peaceful solutions, according to Mamet in the 2008 Presidential elections?

3. When was Nevil Shute born?

4. When did the term Homeland Security first arise, following a reorganization of many U.S. government agencies?

5. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet describe the paradox of liberal thought in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse?

2. 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?

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

4. What economist does Mamet cite in Chapter 6: "The Music Man"? What observation is made?

5. How is Nevil Shute introduced in Chapter 14: R100? What was Shute contracted to make?

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

7. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?

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

9. What does Mamet assert the liberal viewpoint does to human creativity in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 875 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample