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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 magazine did White write a lot for?
(a) Holiday.
(b) Time.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New Yorker.

2. Why is White's stepson happy that White can't see the city now?
(a) He would hate it.
(b) He would feel ashamed for writing negative things.
(c) He would be very confused.
(d) He would never want to leave.

3. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?
(a) He had an idealized version in his head.
(b) He didn't live there while writing it.
(c) He liked his own version.
(d) He refused to see the negative changes.

4. How did White hope New York would progress?
(a) Naturally.
(b) Onward and upwards.
(c) With the will of the people.
(d) At a constant pace.

5. How did the writer of the introduction of this book know White?
(a) He was his teacher.
(b) He was his editor.
(c) He was his stepson.
(d) He was his nephew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of New York resident was the last that White talked about?

2. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?

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

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

5. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?

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