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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asked White to write this book?

2. Which of these is another thing White says people come to New York looking for?

3. What month did White die?

4. What opportunity is most prevalent in New York, according to White?

5. What kind of person does White say the city would not be the same without?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say is being taken away from New York with its uniqueness?

2. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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

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

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

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

7. Who gives a good description of White?

8. Why did White not want to do a certain something to the book before it was published?

9. What does White say is causing New York to lose its uniqueness?

10. What kind of things does White say people who come to New York are looking for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think the main moral or message of this book was? How did White go about presenting this idea?

Essay Topic 2

Diversity was a major theme in this book as many different life-styles and ranks in society were involved. How was this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author felt it was so important?

Essay Topic 3

White describes one way that he thinks enemies could destroy New York City. What was this method, and why is this so ironic to read about now?

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