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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 all the different nationalities will continue to do for the city?
(a) Co-exist.
(b) Add their diversity.
(c) Live their lives in harmony.
(d) All of these.

2. What did White say changed New York the most?
(a) Politics.
(b) Literature.
(c) Technology.
(d) Time.

3. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?
(a) Energy.
(b) Desire.
(c) Complacency.
(d) Change.

4. What did White call the working police officers when he lived in New York?
(a) Coppers.
(b) Watchmen.
(c) Patrol men.
(d) Gum shoes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?

2. What was White's main mode of transportation when he lived in the city?

3. What was strange about this book when it was published?

4. Why does White say people will travel to New York from worlds away?

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

(see the answer key)

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