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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 1-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT out of date in this book?
(a) The tour times.
(b) The Broadway reviews.
(c) None of these.
(d) The population statistics.

2. What is the first kind of person who lives in New York?
(a) The ones who left, but will return later.
(b) The ones who moved there from somewhere else.
(c) The ones who commute there.
(d) The ones who were born there.

3. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The writer of the introduction.
(c) White.
(d) The editor.

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?
(a) The ever-present.
(b) The commuters.
(c) The born and bred.
(d) The transplants.

5. What does White say people CANNOT change while in New York?
(a) Past history.
(b) None of these.
(c) Religion.
(d) Personality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did White make a strange choice of words when talking about what he refused to do in his book before publication?

2. Which of these is something White says people come to New York looking for?

3. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?

4. How old was White when he first visited New York City?

5. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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