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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. Who wrote the Supreme Court's decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford?
(a) Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
(b) Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
(c) Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
(d) Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

2. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?
(a) Praise.
(b) Denigrate.
(c) Abolish.
(d) Critique.

3. When did Saul David Alinsky die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1976.

4. According to Mamet, the United Nations destroyed the image of America by identifying the nation as what?
(a) The number one criminal of the world.
(b) Not concerned with other countries.
(c) Greedy.
(d) Lazy.

5. What does Mamet define as when government vows to lead the people to the Promised Land in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Demagoguery.
(d) Misogyny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Al Sharpton born?

2. In what year did Sarah Palin become mayor of Wasilla, Alaska?

3. What is defined as a group pattern of habitual activity usually transmitted from one generation to another?

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

5. Whose poem written for his son and containing many Christian references did Mamet read while at Camp Kawaga?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. From what did the institution of marriage arise, according to Mamet in Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions?

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

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

6. Why does Mamet criticize the words "hope" and "change" in the Obama campaign in Chapter 34: Hope and Change?

7. What does Mamet claim about war, diplomacy and choice in Chapter 36: Bumper Stickers?

8. What led to the diminishing of conservative Judaism in Mamet's family, as described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis?

9. How did David Mamet's political beliefs evolve throughout his life?

10. What is the outcome when the government intervenes on the side of the street sweeper according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

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