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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 29-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does White feel about New York over all?
(a) He loves it.
(b) He fears it.
(c) He respects it.
(d) He hates it.

2. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?
(a) His wife.
(b) White.
(c) His father.
(d) His stepson.

3. Why does White feel distant from New York?
(a) He does not live there.
(b) He hasn't visited in a while
(c) he is trying to balance his writing.
(d) He does not like it there.

4. What does White hope to show in his story?
(a) The difference in New York over time.
(b) How he became a successful writer.
(c) The kind of people who live in New York.
(d) The best way to travel in New York.

5. Which kind of New York resident does White credit for the passion in New York?
(a) The commuters.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The ever-present.
(d) The lifers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of New York resident does White like the most?

2. Why did White agree to write this book?

3. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?

4. What was the last name of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?

5. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?

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