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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 famous attraction is at Battery Park?

2. Which area in New York is Riverside park a two-mile walk from?

3. Whose support does Moses claim he has without checking first?

4. Where does W. Kingsland Macy live?

5. What party nominates Moses as its governor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Moses' life changed in Part 4, Chapter 15?

2. What does the Bureau of Municipal Research do?

3. In what way do La Guardia and Moses not have a smooth relationship?

4. Why is Moses' campaign to run for governor unsuccessful?

5. What is Progressivism?

6. How do Le Guardia and Roosevelt outsmart Moses in Part 6, Chapter 29?

7. How does the Depression affect New York City?

8. Why can Roosevelt not discharge Moses?

9. In what way was Moses considered a loner at college?

10. How did New York and its people benefit from the Roaring Twenties?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way did Moses take advantage of the Great Depression? Why did the end of WWII mark a gradual decline in Moses' powerful hold over New York City?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Caro use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

Use one of the following questions or statements to write a 500-word essay:

1) How did the Moses family build itself into a position of wealth?

2) Moses could not have achieved what he did in his life without the success of his family.

3) How did Moses' family instill in him a need to be successful?

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