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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. In what year did Jane Fonda visit Hanoi, where she was photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1969.

2. When was Jane Fonda born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1951.

3. Mamet writes in Chapter 11: What is "Diversity?" that a liberal education teaches children to dismantle and disparage what?
(a) A democratic society.
(b) The Communist revolution.
(c) The true heart of America.
(d) A culture in which their family has thrived.

4. Who does Mamet describe as having actually convinced a portion of the public that they could perform magic and miracles in the 19th century?
(a) The Liberal Wizards.
(b) The Republican Magicians.
(c) The Cabinet Spiritualists.
(d) The Senate Shamans.

5. In what year did the government award Nevil Shute and a governmental department contracts to make rigid aircraft called zeppelins?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who espoused the concept that "change" itself was a solution in the 2008 Presidential election, according to David Mamet?

2. What refers to an economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 1: The Political Impulse, justice was seen by the Right as meaning what?

4. For what field was Milton Friedman a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize?

5. What does Mamet claim Jane Fonda did in visiting Hanoi and being photographed seated on an anti-aircraft battery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet say of the liberal concern for the victim in Chapter 16: The Victim?

2. What does Mamet assert of the free market in Chapter 18: The Noble Savage?

3. What warning did Nevil Shute give to the government in Chapter 14: R100? How was it received?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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