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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 does Moses want to use the profits from the fair to build?

2. What does Rockefeller want Moses to resign in 1962?

3. What does Moses develop in this section?

4. What does Exton claim Moses is motivated by?

5. What does Gleason want to investigate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moses persuade people to make way for his constructions?

2. How does Rockefeller get Moses' support for his transportation plan?

3. What popular decision does Moses make in Part 7, Chapter 44?

4. What problems does Moses have at the World Fair in Part 7, Chapter 47?

5. How does Moses' situation change in Part 6, Chapter 32?

6. Why wouldn't firing Moses diminish his power?

7. What extra authority do the succeeding governors give Moses in Part 6, Chapter 33?

8. How does Moses respond to accusations that he has displaced people from their houses?

9. Why does the mayor not fire Moses?

10. In what way has Moses met his match with Rockefeller?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the different opinions of Moses in relation to the following groups:

1) Democrats

2) Republicans

3) The poor

4) The rich

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss differences between the novel and biography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of a biography? What can novelists express that an biographer cannot? How can biographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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