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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 major project was the celebrity involved in that White saw in New York one time?

2. Why was White's book about the city so different from the reality?

3. Who gives a good description of White?

4. What does White say people CANNOT change while in New York?

5. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote the introduction to this book?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did White first move to New York?

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

9. Who gives a good description of White?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Responsibility and coming of age were two ideas that were addressed in many places of this history. Where do these ideas appear, and how do they work together to enhance this book?

Essay Topic 3

White writes about a few major places in New York. Describe some of these settings discussing how they affected White. Why might White have chosen these particular places and events to share in his memoirs?

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