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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Howard Hughes pay for the Frontier Hotel?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $50 million.
(c) $24 million.
(d) $13 million.

2. Who did Wynn marry in 1963?
(a) Ellen Preston.
(b) Eva Patel.
(c) Emma Pearson.
(d) Elaine Pascal.

3. In what year did Wynn first visit Las Vegas?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1999.

4. At which hotel did Wynn begin his Las Vegas career?
(a) The Frontier.
(b) Caesar's Palace.
(c) The Flamingo.
(d) The Stardust.

5. What is La Cosa Nostra?
(a) An Italian tour guidebook.
(b) A New York prison.
(c) An Italian restaurant.
(d) The Mafia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Frontier Hotel was built _____________ years before Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel.

2. Who was the thirty-one-year-old divorcee who died at a yachting party?

3. From whom did Wynn's father often borrow money to pay his debts?

4. What is one thing that Wynn is unable to control?

5. What was Steve Wynn voted most often by Las Vegas newspaper readers?

(see the answer key)

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