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

2. How does the person giving a description of White feel about him?

3. Who asked White to write this book?

4. Where was White born?

5. What does White say the people who come to New York from somewhere else all bring with them?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is this book about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did White learn from his time in New York, and how did these lessons affect the remainder of his life?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the main pros and cons that White listed about New York, and how did they change his ideas of the city?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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