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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 9: Chicago, Mamet writes that the culture of society could be summed up in one phrase, "That's how we do things in Chicago," the sub-text of which was what?

3. When did a non-violent counterrevolution overthrow the Communists in East Germany?

4. When was Jane Fonda born?

5. When was the play "American Buffalo" first produced?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mamet relate Obama's campaign to the musical "The Music Man" in Chapter 6: "The Music Man"?

5. What does Mamet claim is the promise of the government in Chapter 9: Chicago?

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

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

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

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

10. What question did Milton Friedman ask, according to Mamet in Chapter 10: Milton Friedman Explained? Where does Mamet believe government should and should not intervene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Mamet's metaphors in Chapter 29: The Family and Chapter 30: Naturally Evolved Institutions. How does Mamet describe the role of government using a child's sports game as an example?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the Ashkenazi Immigration. What reasons did the Ashkenazi Jews have for leaving their homeland to come to America?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the terms the Left, the Right, fiscal conservatism, liberalism and conservatism. How do Mamet's definitions of these terms relate to dictionary definitions?

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