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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. Which of the following is NOT out of date in this book?
(a) The population statistics.
(b) None of these.
(c) The tour times.
(d) The Broadway reviews.

2. Who explains the differences between the New York City written about and the current New York City?
(a) The editor.
(b) White.
(c) The writer of the introduction.
(d) Nobody.

3. Why did White make a strange choice of words when talking about what he refused to do in his book before publication?
(a) He was being sarcastic.
(b) He wanted to coin a new phrase.
(c) He didn't like the changes being made.
(d) He wanted people to notice that verbiage.

4. Why didn't White make changes in his manuscript when they happened in New York?
(a) He wanted to age his piece a bit.
(b) He was too close to his deadline.
(c) He wanted the reader to do that for himself.
(d) He liked the original version better.

5. How old was White when he first visited New York City?
(a) He was middle-aged.
(b) He was a baby.
(c) He was a young man.
(d) He was a young child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about this book is NOT outdated?

2. What does White say about the people who don't want the gifts New York has to offer?

3. Why did White first go to New York?

4. How does White feel about New York over all?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the gifts that White says New York has to offer all men?

2. What is this book about?

3. What does White say New York offers to people who find privacy there?

4. What does White say is always innumerable in New York?

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

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

7. What are the two main parts to White's description of New York?

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

9. What kind of things does White say New York holds the key to?

10. Why is the writer of the introduction glad that White cannot see the city now?

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