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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. By what year was the Frontier in bankruptcy?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1976.
2. In what year did Howard Hughes purchase the Frontier Hotel?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1971.
3. What new hotel was intended to take the place of the one being destroyed?
(a) Paris.
(b) Luxor.
(c) Treasure Island.
(d) The Bellagio.
4. How much did Wynn spend in fireworks to cap off the hotel implosion?
(a) $500,000.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $750,000.
(d) $5 million.
5. In what year did the Teamsters president disappear?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1988.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was Steve Wynn voted most often by Las Vegas newspaper readers?
2. On what day did the hotel destruction occur?
3. Wynn became known as a man with _________________.
4. From whom did Wynn's father often borrow money to pay his debts?
5. What epitaph did Wynn suggest for himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the authorities typically not arrest anyone for operating bingo halls or playing bingo?
2. 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?
3. What did a spectator at the Dunes' destruction compare it to?
4. What do Las Vegas newspaper readers perennially vote Steve Wynn as?
5. In spite of his efforts to destroy the image of a mob-ruled Las Vegas, what impact does the mob have on him?
6. When was the Dunes Hotel and Casino and Las Vegas destroyed?
7. 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?
8. When did young Steve Wynn first visit Las Vegas and what were his impressions?
9. What were the Las Vegas dreams of Wynn's father, Mike?
10. What had the Dunes signified in Las Vegas?
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