The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moses' housing project aim to clear?
(a) The streets
(b) The roads
(c) The parks
(d) The slums

2. Where does Moses go for a vacation in this section?
(a) The Carribean
(b) Brazil
(c) Britain
(d) Argentina

3. What is Gene Gleason's role at the newspaper?
(a) Reporter
(b) Owner
(c) Editor
(d) Sub-editor

4. Whose design does Moses use to build a tunnel in this section?
(a) La Guardia
(b) Singstad
(c) Jacobs
(d) Bingsby

5. Which of the following is not one of Pokrass' secret partners?
(a) Meyer Lansky
(b) Joe Adonis
(c) John Goodwin
(d) Frank Costello

6. What does Exton claim Moses is motivated by?
(a) Revenge
(b) Power
(c) Hate
(d) History

7. What was Moses' role with the Mayor's Slum Committee?
(a) Chairman
(b) President
(c) Director
(d) Governor

8. Which of the following people has an estate in the Carribean?
(a) Theo Roosevelt
(b) Bernard Gimbel
(c) Johnny Rotten
(d) Jack Hobbs

9. How does Moses think he can solve the problem of traffic congestion?
(a) Widening the roads
(b) Narrowing the roads
(c) Allowing one car per family
(d) Developing alternative routes

10. What is the only way to reach New York airport?
(a) Walking
(b) By car
(c) By bus
(d) By plane

11. What does Moses become President of in this section?
(a) The World's Fair
(b) The rain forest
(c) Harrods
(d) Oxford University

12. What does Arthur Palmer want to talk Moses into doing?
(a) To build in Texas
(b) To build in Chicago
(c) Resigning
(d) Donating money

13. What does Rockefeller want access to to build his projects?
(a) Chase Manhatten Bank
(b) Triborough surplus
(c) Moses' plans
(d) Moses' files

14. Who passes away in 1945?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Newbold Morris
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) La Guardia

15. What kind of position does Rockefeller offer Moses in this section?
(a) School teacher
(b) Chief engineer
(c) Director
(d) Consulting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of Moses' aides die of?

2. What kind of company is Goldwater and Flynn?

3. What does Moses want to use the profits from the fair to build?

4. Whose term expires in 1970?

5. What position does O'Dwyer now hold?

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