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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, Chapters 3-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what disease was Wynn afflicted?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Retinitis Pigmentosa.
(d) Diabetes Mellitus.

2. Wynn has been called ____________________.
(a) America's casino don.
(b) America's rich kid.
(c) Las Vegas meets Disney.
(d) King of Las Vegas.

3. How old was Wynn when he first visited Las Vegas?
(a) 29.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 37.

4. Why did Wynn's father not end up opening a bingo parlor in Las Vegas?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He got ill.
(c) He didn't have the money.
(d) He couldn't get a license.

5. Due to an indictment of an associate, Wynn was unable to buy a piece of real estate before it was sold to famous recluse ____________________.
(a) Howard Hughes.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Frank Sinatra.
(d) Elvis Presley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many spectators gathered to watch the destruction of the hotel?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe Wynn?

3. In what year did Wynn open the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City?

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

5. With what company was E. Parry Thomas working when he was sent to Las Vegas?

(see the answer key)

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