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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. What aircraft crashed and burned after making it only 300 miles on a trans-Atlantic trip in Chapter 14: R100?
(a) The M441.
(b) The R101.
(c) The P839.
(d) The B732.

2. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that when six houses were destroyed in an incursion into Palestinian territory by the Israelis, it was depicted in Western media as what?
(a) "The Scourge of Humanity".
(b) "The Spanish Inquisition".
(c) "The Holocaust".
(d) "The Rape of Jenin".

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

4. In Chapter 4: Alcatraz, Mamet writes that what promotes transition and advancement?
(a) Society.
(b) The Democratic party.
(c) The Republican party.
(d) The Christian church.

5. In Chapter 16: The Victim, Mamet writes that the liberal concern for the "victim" is merely an attempt to do what?
(a) Evoke a religious, spiritual feeling.
(b) Raise money.
(c) Attain power and fame.
(d) Be martyrs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mamet, a democracy is created with the intention of ensuring that no one suffers from the state which can only be accomplished by doing what?

2. What television game show is referenced in Chapter 12: The Monty Hall Problem and the Contractor?

3. What actor was Jane Fonda's father?

4. In Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained, Mamet writes that as opposed to asking, "What are the decisions?" Milton Friedman posed what question?

5. In Chapter 3: Culture, School Shootings, the Audience, and the Elevator, Mamet writes that culture predates what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet write about the meaning of the parting of the Red Sea in Chapter 8: The Red Sea?

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

3. How does Mamet describe Jane Fonda's political actions in Chapter 19: Adventure Slumming?

4. How do liberal youths today relate to the book "Lost Horizon", according to Mamet in Chapter 5: Lost Horizon?

5. How does Mamet relate liberalism, big government and nature in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?

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

7. How does Mamet describe his transition from liberalism to conservatism in Chapter 2: The American Reality? What book influenced him?

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

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

10. How does Mamet describe the nature of laws in Chapter 13: Maxwell Street?

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