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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. Why does White say New York is not as unique anymore?

2. What was White's father's occupation?

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

4. Who gives a good description of White?

5. What kind of changes must the reader make as he reads this article?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who gives a good description of White?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did White view as the worst change in New York, and why?

Essay Topic 2

What are the three kinds of residents in New York, and what affect do they have on the city?

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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