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

2. What was Wynn's father's name?
(a) Mike.
(b) Phil.
(c) Ted.
(d) Chuck.

3. By what year was the Frontier in bankruptcy?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1976.

4. Which of the following is NOT associated with the term "half wiseguy"?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Owning 50% of a casino.
(c) Living high.
(d) Obscure profession.

5. With what company was E. Parry Thomas working when he was sent to Las Vegas?
(a) Bank of America.
(b) Continental Bank.
(c) Cardinal Healthcare.
(d) Coldwell Banker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Wynn enter the Las Vegas casino market?

2. Into which East coast city did Wynn make his casino entrance?

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

4. Which famous Las Vegas hotel was being destroyed in the Prologue of the book?

5. What is La Cosa Nostra?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what event does the author begin the Prologue of the book?

2. What do Las Vegas newspaper readers perennially vote Steve Wynn as?

3. What had the Dunes signified in Las Vegas?

4. Describe Steve Wynn's charmed childhood.

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

6. What were the circumstances of Mike Wynn's untimely death?

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

8. What hotel would be built in the place vacated by the Dunes?

9. How did Wynn try to protect Cappiello in spite of Capiello's murder of Joseph Conlan?

10. 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?

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