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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. Mamet writes in Chapter 24: Arrested Development that while teaching a drama course, Mamet encountered students who didn't want the villain of a story to be what?

2. Dred Scott v. Sandford was a ruling from what year?

3. Mamet claims in Chapter 21: Rumpelstiltskin that the impact of liberal policies will result in what?

4. Mamet writes in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth that American Democracy is based on the belief that what?

5. U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War ended in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Mamet describe the impact of the Dred Scott Decision in Chapter 33: Self-Evident Truth?

9. What does Mamet write about his own military experience in Chapter 37: Late Revelations?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the failure of the housing market in 2008-2010 and the reasons it came about. What does Mamet blame for the fallout?

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