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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 was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955?

2. What word means to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame?

3. In Chapter 26: Feminism, Mamet claims that the weakening of what will eventually destroy the family which is essential for a successful society?

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

5. What was the name of legislation approved by the U.S. Congress in that prohibited further U.S. military activity in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Mamet claim to the objective of Al Sharpton in Chapter 22: My Father, Al Sharpton, and the Designated Criminal?

6. How does Mamet relate liberals to Rumpelstiltskin?

7. 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?

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

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

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

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

Discuss the Car Czar, Cabinet Spiritualists and Homeland Security. How does Mamet equate Homeland Security with big government? What president established Homeland Security?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mamet's views on feminism. What critics have accused Mamet of misogyny? Were they justified? Why or why not?

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