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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 does White attribute the ability for a man to change himself in New York to?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Energy.
(c) Motivation.
(d) Crowds.

2. Why does White talk about "The Wizard of Oz" while writing about New York?
(a) He met one of the actors from the film while in New York.
(b) He thinks New York is that place over the rainbow.
(c) He knows the movie was filmed in New York.
(d) He identifies with having ruby slippers to take him home from there.

3. Who gives a good description of White?
(a) His wife.
(b) Himself.
(c) His brother.
(d) His stepson.

4. What kind of publication was the first to print this book?
(a) A newsletter.
(b) A novella.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A newspaper.

5. Which of these is another thing White says people come to New York looking for?
(a) Love.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Fulfillment.
(d) Purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the gifts White said New York gives to all men?

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

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

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

5. Which of these is something White says people come to New York looking for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say the second kind of New York resident brings to the city?

2. Why did White first move to New York?

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

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

5. What does White say someone has to do to change things in New York?

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

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

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

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 great experience did White have in a New York diner?

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