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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 say the largest concentration of people forces on the residents?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Patience.
(c) Association.
(d) Unity.

2. What was White's main mode of transportation when he lived in the city?
(a) Busses.
(b) The subway.
(c) Walking.
(d) The train.

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

4. What was the writer of the introduction of this book glad that White couldn't see?
(a) How his book had been received.
(b) Where his book would be published.
(c) How quickly his book became outdated.
(d) What had become of the city since he wrote it.

5. What did White do before attending college?
(a) Fulfilled an apprenticeship.
(b) Worked for his father.
(c) Lived in New York.
(d) Served in the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does White give the numbers of?

2. Which of the following was NOT on the list of nationalities living in New York?

3. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?

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

5. How do we know White cared for New York?

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