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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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(a) How quickly his book became outdated.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

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

3. What does White say used to make New York so unique?
(a) Its people.
(b) Its landscape.
(c) Its activities.
(d) Its businesses.

4. What year was this story written?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1948.

5. What opportunity is most prevalent in New York, according to White?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Culture.
(d) Variety.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does White have to ignore to continue loving New York?

3. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

4. Who came up with the different categories of people that White writes about?

5. Where did White see a celebrity one time in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say he has done to this book that some people will find inaccurate, and what is his reason for this?

2. What did White not want to do to his book before it was published?

3. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?

4. What kind of things does White say someone can be successful at in New York?

5. What does White say is the third kind of person that lives in the city?

6. What does White attribute the unique nature of New York to?

7. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

8. What does White say the third kind of New York resident brings to the city?

9. Why does the writer of the introduction say White agreed to write this book?

10. What does White say is the second kind of person that lives in the city?

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