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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose support does Moses claim he has without checking first?
(a) Lehman
(b) Macy
(c) Franklin Roosevelt
(d) La Guardia

2. Who does Moses ruin Kern's relationship with?
(a) Franklin Roosevelt
(b) Rockefeller
(c) Alfred Hitchcock
(d) La Guardia

3. Where does Macy become a powerful political figure?
(a) Brazil
(b) Jefferson County
(c) Suffolk County
(d) London

4. Which area in New York is Riverside park a two-mile walk from?
(a) Harlem
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Bronx
(d) Astoria

5. On what condition will August Heckscher donate money for a park?
(a) If they build a playground
(b) If they put his statue in the center of the park
(c) If they give it back
(d) If they name it after him

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moses go for the legislative fight?

2. What does Moses attribute his defeat to?

3. What state did Bernhard live in before he went to New York?

4. What do the children in Harlem do instead of playing in parks?

5. What was America's successful period in the Twenties known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moses use his power in Part 4, Chapter 14?

2. How do Le Guardia and Roosevelt outsmart Moses in Part 6, Chapter 29?

3. How does the Depression affect New York City?

4. How does Moses manage to reestablish his dream to develop Long Island parks?

5. How does Moses use the Tribrough Act to benefit himself?

6. Describe Robert Moses's time at Yale.

7. How is the older Moses contradicting his younger self in Part 4, Chapter 24?

8. What does the Bureau of Municipal Research do?

9. Describe Moses' mother, Bella.

10. How does Moses ensure that his park cannot be accessed by poor people?

(see the answer keys)

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