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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 location does Mamet describe as similar to the Catskills and was a playground for adult Jews who were restricted from other hotels and resorts?
(a) The Hamptons.
(b) Oakton Manor.
(c) Martha's Vineyard.
(d) Oakerly Lake.

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

3. The State of Israel was created by a British mandate that was ratified by what organization?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) NATO.

4. What concept stands on the side of the street sweeper and urges him to ask for more on payday since he gets far less than a physician, according to Mamet in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?
(a) Liberalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Socialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mamet writes in Chapter 31: Breatharian that government did not invent what nor can it oversee it effectively?

2. Mamet writes in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth that our nation has been the most successful in history because our laws are built upon the concept that compassion and greed in the hands of the state will result in what?

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the Obama administration refuses to accept the fact that the West is threatened by what?

4. In 1969, Al Sharpton was appointed by whom as youth director of Operation Breadbasket, a group that focused on the promotion of new and better jobs for African-Americans?

5. When did the Vietnam War begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mamet relate demagoguery to the Obama campaign in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

2. What importance does Mamet lay on the foundation of family in Chapter 29: The Family?

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

4. How does Mamet describe liberal hypocrisy in regard to feminism in Chapter 26: Feminism?

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

6. What is the outcome of government intervention in the economy according to Mamet in Chapter 31: Breatharian?

7. How are the Ashkenazi Jews described in Chapter 27: The Ashkenazis? How did Mamet's grandparents succeed in America?

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

9. How does Mamet relate the metaphor of the street sweeper to Marxism in Chapter 32: The Street Sweeper and the Surgeon, or Marxism Examined?

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

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