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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does White hope to show in his story?
(a) How he became a successful writer.
(b) The best way to travel in New York.
(c) The difference in New York over time.
(d) The kind of people who live in New York.

2. Which of these occupations does White say people can be successful at?
(a) All of these.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Styling hair.

3. 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.

4. What occupation did White have when he lived in New York as a young man?
(a) Waiter.
(b) Editor.
(c) Delivery man.
(d) Writer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?

2. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?

3. What is a second gift White Said New York gives to all men?

4. Why didn't White make changes in his manuscript when they happened in New York?

5. Which of these is NOT something that White says is destroying the city?

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