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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 was White's father's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Piano manufacturer.
(c) Piano teacher.
(d) Salesman.

2. What has New York lost along with its uniqueness, according to White?
(a) Its opportunity.
(b) Its thrill.
(c) Its energy.
(d) Its charm.

3. What does White compare the city to?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Music.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Theater.

4. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?
(a) The writer can't make geographical changes.
(b) He should have said, 'up to date'.
(c) He should have known it would be published in a magazine first.
(d) The names were already altered.

5. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?
(a) Evangelism.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Demolition.
(d) Equality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What celebrity did White see in New York one time?

2. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?

3. Where was the writer of the introduction of this book working?

4. What has not slowed down in New York since White's death?

5. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did White not want to do to his book before it was published?

2. What does White choose to talk about after explaining all the things to do in New York?

3. What great experience did White have in a New York diner?

4. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?

5. Why does the writer of the introduction say White agreed to write this book?

6. What does White say is always innumerable in New York?

7. What does White say is the third kind of person that lives in the city?

8. Why did White not want to do a certain something to the book before it was published?

9. Why is the writer of the introduction glad that White cannot see the city now?

10. What does White say he has done to this book that some people will find inaccurate, and what is his reason for this?

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