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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year was the Frontier in bankruptcy?

2. What was Mafia boss Anthony Salerno's nickname?

3. What did Wynn add to the Golden Nugget to update its image?

4. Wynn has been called the Great Casino Salesman, the Vegas King and ________________.

5. Wynn's personality has been described as ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Jerome Zarowitz and how did Wynn first encounter him?

2. Why did Steve Wynn have footage of the Dunes destruction filmed?

3. Why did the authorities typically not arrest anyone for operating bingo halls or playing bingo?

4. 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?

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

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

7. Why did Wynn make the decision to renovate the Golden Nugget?

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

9. What had the Dunes signified in Las Vegas?

10. What was Las Vegas like when Wynn started going there in the 1950s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would people in high positions like Wynn have a lonely life even though it may have seemed exciting and glamorous to other people? Why would Elaine Wynn have had an especially lonely life being the wife of Steve Wynn? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the author captured regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

Steve Wynn was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Wynn's life through this book, what were his biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did he manage through them? How did his coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of his life? Explain.

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