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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. What did the state of New Jersey think would help revitalize Atlantic City?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Healthcare.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Education.

2. Who was the junk bond genius who became Wynn's friend and financier?
(a) Michael Milken.
(b) Bernie Madoff.
(c) Jack Welch.
(d) Donald Trump.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Atlantic City at the time gambling was legalized?
(a) Shabby.
(b) Booming.
(c) Run down.
(d) Crime ridden.

4. Five weeks after the Mirage opened, its casino had set record profits for a single month in the amount of ______________.
(a) $5 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $100 million.
(d) $40 million.

5. What hotel did Wynn build after he razed the hotel in #94?
(a) Harrah's.
(b) Hilton.
(c) Golden Nugget.
(d) Aladdin's Lamp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the customers whom Meyerson shipped to the Golden Nugget were ________________.

2. Fat Tony was convicted of corruption and sentenced to ______________ in prison.

3. Wynn's inner office at the Golden Nugget was outfitted with remote-control locks and _________________.

4. What was Anthony Castelbuono's sentence for his role in helping launder millions in illicit profits in a heroin smuggling operation?

5. How were high roller customers transported from New York City to the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Michael Milken and what role did he play in Wynn's Las Vegas world?

2. What was Milken's strategy in helping Wynn succeed in Las Vegas?

3. What was the Federal government determined to prove about Wynn's Atlantic City Golden Nugget business?

4. How did mob presence increase with the revitalization of Atlantic City?

5. Who were some of the celebrities Wynn used in marketing campaigns for The Mirage?

6. What awakened Wynn's interest in Atlantic City in the late 1970s?

7. Who was Charlie Meyerson?

8. Why was Wynn unable to establish a casino business in London?

9. How much did Tony Cakes deposit in the Golden Nugget vault and how much did he claim to have lost while gambling?

10. How was Mel Harris like so many other of Wynn's appointed executives?

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