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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. Which of the following is NOT one of the kinds of New York residents that White talks about?

2. What was the last name of the man who wrote the introduction to this book?

3. What magazine did White write a lot for?

4. Who gives a good description of White?

5. What is in the hearts of the people who bring passion to New York, according to White?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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

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

4. What does White say he has done to this book that some people will find inaccurate, and what is his reason for this?

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

6. What does White choose to talk about after explaining all the things to do in New York?

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

8. What does White say is the second kind of person that lives in the city?

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

10. What does White say is the first kind of person that lives in the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did White decide to write this book, and how might this reasoning have affected his tone?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

White said that in order for people to change something in New York, they simply had to take a few steps. What do you think that means, and how might White have discovered this for himself while living in New York?

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