View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?
(a) The good parts.
(b) The higher parts.
(c) The lower parts.
(d) The bad parts.

2. What does White say one has to do to change himself in New York?
(a) Walk down the street.
(b) Take a different train.
(c) Move a few steps.
(d) Attend a play.

3. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?
(a) They can avoid it.
(b) They will live in denial.
(c) They will get them anyway.
(d) They should leave.

4. What kind of person does White say the city would not be the same without?
(a) The evangelists.
(b) The born and bred.
(c) The transplants.
(d) The tourists.

5. What does White compare a non-local visiting New Yorker to?
(a) A commoner coming to a royal court.
(b) An alien visiting a new world.
(c) A fish talking to a bird.
(d) A foreigner coming to a new country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White hope all the different nationalities will continue to do for the city?

2. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?

3. What kind of publication was the first to print this book?

4. How does White describe the different neighborhoods in New York?

5. What month did White die?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 247 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample