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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 is a second gift White Said New York gives to all men?
(a) Relaxation.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Entertainment.

2. 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 can avoid it.
(c) They should leave.
(d) They will live in denial.

3. Which of these is something White says people come to New York looking for?
(a) Sanctuary.
(b) A fresh start.
(c) Religion.
(d) Truth.

4. What record does White say New York holds?
(a) The highest gap in wealth and poverty.
(b) The highest percentage of diversity.
(c) The highest crime rate.
(d) The highest concentration of people.

5. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?
(a) He refused to see the negative changes.
(b) He had an idealized version in his head.
(c) He didn't live there while writing it.
(d) He liked his own version.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kind of New York resident does White credit for the passion in New York?

2. How did White hope New York would progress?

3. What magazine did White write a lot for?

4. What does White explain just before talking about the kinds of people in New York?

5. What was White unsure of when he re-visited New York?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does White seem to feel about New York in his description?

7. What great experience did White have in a New York diner?

8. Why did White first move to New York?

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

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

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