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

2. What University does Robert enroll at?
(a) Princeton
(b) Chicago
(c) Harvard
(d) Yale

3. Which sports team is Moses a captain of at Oxford?
(a) Hockey
(b) Rugby
(c) Soccer
(d) Water polo

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

5. What does Moses want to destroy in 1941?
(a) The Casino
(b) The Aquarium
(c) His mother's house
(d) The Empire State Building

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosalie also known as?

2. Who is the governor of New York after Smith?

3. What famous attraction is at Battery Park?

4. What does Moses' mother die of?

5. Where does Moses spend his summer vacations?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Moses' ideas about power changed in Part 5, Chapter 25?

2. Why is Moses' campaign to run for governor unsuccessful?

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

4. How does Moses win his legal battle against the Casino?

5. In what way was Moses considered a loner at college?

6. Why is the Seaburg investigation called the Goo Goos?

7. How is Moses' lust for power beginning to work against him in Part 5, Chapter 28?

8. Why does Moses constantly find himself in legal battles?

9. How does the Depression affect New York City?

10. Why can Roosevelt not discharge Moses?

(see the answer keys)

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