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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wynn was in the company of _____________ mobsters when he entered the Las Vegas casino market at the Frontier in 1967.
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

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

3. Where did Wynn eventually send Meyerson to work?
(a) Miami.
(b) Lake Tahoe.
(c) Reno.
(d) Las Vegas.

4. By the time he was thirty, Wynn was being referred to as a Las Vegas _________________.
(a) High roller.
(b) Wunderkind.
(c) Mover and shaker.
(d) Hit man.

5. Charlie Meyerson would have his wife tell people that he was a __________________.
(a) Carpet salesman.
(b) Car salesman.
(c) Radio announcer.
(d) Bookkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hotel did Wynn build after he razed the hotel in #94?

2. What was E. Parry Thomas' profession?

3. Wynn wanted to move Las Vegas away from its mob image to a ________________ image.

4. Why did Wynn's father not end up opening a bingo parlor in Las Vegas?

5. Who was the governor of New Jersey when gambling was legalized in Atlantic City?

(see the answer key)

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