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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. How old was Wynn when he first visited Las Vegas?

2. Wynn's first purchase into a Las Vegas hotel was a three percent share in __________________.

3. Wynn wanted to move Las Vegas away from its mob image to a ________________ image.

4. What was the cost of the hotel's destruction?

5. In what year did Wynn open the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the Las Vegas dreams of Wynn's father, Mike?

4. When was the Dunes Hotel and Casino and Las Vegas destroyed?

5. With what disease was Wynn diagnosed and what impact did it have on his personality and business?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. What lasting impact did Mike Wynn have on his son, Steve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Steve Wynn seems like a man leading a charmed life. What did he appreciate most about his life? What did he not like that he had to deal with in his life? How can Wynn best be described by his colleagues? Would his employees differ in their descriptions of him? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the taboo of the Mafia in the mid- to late-20th century. How pervasive was mob influence in Las Vegas? How did the presence of the Mafia hurt the city? How did Wynn justify his relationships with mobsters when he was supposedly working under the guise of cleaning up the city?

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