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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 kind of person does White say the city would not be the same without?
(a) The evangelists.
(b) The transplants.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The born and bred.
2. Which of the following is NOT out of date in this book?
(a) None of these.
(b) The Broadway reviews.
(c) The population statistics.
(d) The tour times.
3. Who asked White to write this book?
(a) His publisher.
(b) His wife.
(c) His editor.
(d) His stepson.
4. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?
(a) They will get them anyway.
(b) They will live in denial.
(c) They should leave.
(d) They can avoid it.
5. How many kinds of people does White say are in New York?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did White want the reader to do as he read this book?
2. How did White hope New York would progress?
3. What was strange about this book when it was published?
4. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?
5. What does White attribute the ability for a man to change himself in New York to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does White choose to talk about after explaining all the things to do in New York?
2. What kind of things does White say someone can be successful at in New York?
3. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?
4. What are the two main parts to White's description of New York?
5. Why did White first move to New York?
6. What does White say is always innumerable in New York?
7. What does White say is being taken away from New York with its uniqueness?
8. What is this book about?
9. What does White say he has done to this book that some people will find inaccurate, and what is his reason for this?
10. What does White say the second kind of New York resident brings to the city?
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