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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of business did Wynn's father have set up in seven states?
(a) Accounting firm.
(b) Optometrist.
(c) Bingo hall.
(d) Hardware store.

3. How much debt had Wynn's father amassed by the time of his death?
(a) $200,000.
(b) $50,000.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $75,000.

4. Who was the thirty-one-year-old divorcee who died at a yachting party?
(a) Nancy Mottola.
(b) Nelle McGuire.
(c) Nicki Masters.
(d) Nicole Middleton.

5. Wynn had a never-ending fascination with _____________________.
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Tina Turner.
(c) Cadillacs.
(d) Female blackjack dealers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jerome Zarowitz was a member of which organized crime family?

2. What epitaph did Wynn suggest for himself?

3. Who was Wynn's New Jersey nemesis?

4. In what year did Wynn first visit Las Vegas?

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 ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were some of the big name players in 1950s Las Vegas and why did Mike Wynn eventually give up his dream of doing business there?

2. What did a spectator at the Dunes' destruction compare it to?

3. Who were Louis Cappiello and Camilo Azzinaro, what was unusual about their influential positions and what was the speculation about their true functions in Wynn's enterprises?

4. When did Steve Wynn enter the Las Vegas casino market?

5. How was Las Vegas trying to change its image in the early 1990s?

6. In spite of his efforts to destroy the image of a mob-ruled Las Vegas, what impact does the mob have on him?

7. What work did Wynn do for Cassandra Limited promoter-director Matt Gregory and what was the speculation about Wynn's income vs. the salary he received?

8. What did the destruction of the Dunes signify for Steve Wynn and for Las Vegas as a whole?

9. What had the Dunes signified in Las Vegas?

10. When did young Steve Wynn first visit Las Vegas and what were his impressions?

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