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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What areas does Moses state a desire to build on in this chapter?
(a) Staten Island and the Bronx
(b) Staten Island and Brooklyn
(c) Queens and Manhattan
(d) Queens and the Bronx

2. What does Moses want to preserve?
(a) People's houses
(b) His marriage
(c) The waterfront
(d) His sanity

3. Which of Moses' Allies runs for President in 1928?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Alfred Smith
(c) La Guardia
(d) Bess

4. What does Moses say he wants to build?
(a) Parks
(b) Roads
(c) Tables
(d) Houses

5. Who does Moses borrow $20,000 from?
(a) Governor Smith
(b) His uncle
(c) His mother
(d) His brother

6. Where does Moses secure the release of federal lands?
(a) Fire Island
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Bronx
(d) Jack's Island

7. What position does Moses reject in this chapter?
(a) Vice presidency
(b) Priest
(c) Oxford University
(d) A state position

8. Where do Moses and his family rent a house?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Manhattan
(c) Albany
(d) Long Island

9. What is the name of Moskowitt's wife?
(a) Janice
(b) Anna
(c) Bella
(d) Jane

10. Why does Roosevelt refuse to allow Moses a permit for a bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn?
(a) The bridge would allow criminals access into Manhattan
(b) The area has navy yards
(c) The government need to save money
(d) The plans are awful

11. What do the children in Harlem do instead of playing in parks?
(a) Stay at home
(b) Go to school
(c) Read
(d) Roam the streets

12. What does Moses replace when he becomes Parks Commissioner?
(a) The Parks trade union
(b) The Parks staff
(c) The Parks offices
(d) The Parks cafe

13. What does Moses want to build on Throgs's Neck?
(a) A park
(b) A shopping center
(c) A skyscraper
(d) A highway

14. What club does Moses form at Oxford?
(a) The Magic Circle
(b) The Jewish Club
(c) The Looters Club
(d) The American Club

15. Who is Rosalie also known as?
(a) Freda
(b) Bomb shell
(c) Grannie Cohen
(d) The Devil

Short Answer Questions

1. Who would Roosevelt like to discharge from his position in this chapter?

2. What famous attraction is at Battery Park?

3. What does it take Moses six months to learn in this section?

4. What hits New York City hard in 1930?

5. Where does Moses plan to relocate the aquarium?

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