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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does White compare the city to?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Music.
(d) Theater.

2. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?
(a) Movies.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Radio.
(d) TV.

3. What is the most negative thing White mentions about the city?
(a) Its filth.
(b) Its lack of manners.
(c) Its crime.
(d) Its fast pace.

4. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?
(a) The born and bred.
(b) The ever-present.
(c) The transplants.
(d) The commuters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was White unsure of when he re-visited New York?

2. What does White say one has to do to change himself in New York?

3. What was White's father's occupation?

4. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?

5. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?

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