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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did White go to college?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Georgetown.
(d) Harvard.

2. What does White say most visitors to New York would hate?
(a) Visiting again.
(b) Taking a newcomer on a first trip.
(c) Leaving there.
(d) Living there.

3. What was the name of the business the writer of the introduction of this book worked for?
(a) Hampshire.
(b) Hannover.
(c) Hallsday.
(d) Holiday.

4. Where was the writer of the introduction of this book working?
(a) At a newspaper.
(b) At a law school.
(c) At a magazine.
(d) At a train station.

5. What does White compare the feeling the city gives to its citizens to?
(a) A dose of vitamins.
(b) A big hug.
(c) An ongoing lecture.
(d) A college education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will a visitor to New York have a hard time understanding the waiters, according to White?

2. When was the Empire State Building erected?

3. What does White say that Grand Central has become since he lived in New York?

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

5. What kind of person does White say the city would not be the same without?

(see the answer key)

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