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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. Mamet claims in Chapter 37: Late Revelations that the Obama campaign slogans suggested that change happens without what?
(a) Consequences.
(b) Effort.
(c) Reason.
(d) Warning.

2. What is defined as something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity?
(a) Incentive.
(b) Psychic.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Intuiion.

3. When was Karl Marx born?
(a) 1835.
(b) 1868.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1818.

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

5. It is Mamet's opinion in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal that who sends the message everyday that America has surrendered and is ready to be taken over by our enemies?
(a) Howard Stern.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Sarah Palin.
(d) Barack Obama.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Saul David Alinsky die?

2. What book is Karl Marx most well-known for writing?

3. According to Mamet in Chapter 29: The Family, liberal universities mislead students by teaching them that society is susceptible to what?

4. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent brought into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants, whether or not they were slaves) could never be what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mamet claim about the denigration of American culture in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

2. How does Mamet define greed and ambition in Chapter 23: Greed?

3. For what play was Mamet criticized for misogynistic views in Chapter 26: Feminism? What was his response?

4. How does Mamet relate the benefits of working on a movie set in Chapter 38: Who Does One Think He Is?

5. What does Mamet assert to be the reason for America's success in Chapter 39: The Secret Knowledge? What threatens that success to Mamet?

6. What metaphor does Mamet cite for liberal perspectives in Chapter 35: The Small Refrigerator?

7. How does Mamet describe his Christian experiences at Kamp Kwaga in Chapter 25: Oakton Manor and Camp Kawaga?

8. How does Mamet relate the government to a sports referee in Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions?

9. How is Saul Alinsky described in Chapter 37: Late Revelations? What criticism does Mamet have for community organization?

10. How does Mamet describe the internal sources of America's destruction in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal? What external sources does he describe?

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