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

2. What does Moses attribute his defeat to?
(a) The press
(b) Lehman's brilliance
(c) The New Deal
(d) His mother's death

3. What do 141 women die in?
(a) A shooting
(b) A fire
(c) A plane crash
(d) An explosion

4. Where does Mary work while in New York?
(a) The Tunnel Authority
(b) The Transport Comission
(c) Modern Art musuem
(d) The Bureau of Municipal Research

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Roosevelt refuse to allow Moses a permit for a bridge connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn?

2. Where does Moses spend his summer vacations?

3. What does Moses have to use to pay for his bridge projects?

4. Which organization has proposed public parks on Long Island in the past?

5. What is hindering Moses' West Side Improvement projects?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Depression affect New York City?

3. Why can Roosevelt not discharge Moses?

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

5. Descirbe Moses' time at Oxford.

6. In what way do La Guardia and Moses not have a smooth relationship?

7. How has Moses' life changed in Part 4, Chapter 15?

8. What does Moses do with his budget of $4.5 million?

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

10. What clause did Moses find in the law?

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