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

2. Wynn was in the company of _____________ mobsters when he entered the Las Vegas casino market at the Frontier in 1967.

3. Allegations of drug abuse and ______________ plagued Wynn throughout his career.

4. Who was the prostitute who claimed that she saw Wynn using cocaine at parties?

5. Wynn has been called ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

6. Who was E. Parry Thomas and what impact did he have on Las Vegas business?

7. How much did Wynn spend on fireworks for the Dunes destruction and what did the event eventually buy for him?

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

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

Create a character study of Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno. What were his physical characteristics? What were his motivations? What were his fears? What were his dreams? What else can you say about Fat Tony?

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

Substance abuse seemed to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive was the abuse? Why did it have such a prevalent place in Wynn's life? How did it affect him? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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