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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 kind of company is Goldwater and Flynn?
(a) Bank
(b) Employment firm
(c) Law firm
(d) Housing firm

2. What does Moses intend to tax to finance public housing?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Telephones
(c) Books
(d) Alcohol

3. Which of the following names are suggested as a name for the dam?
(a) Dam Roosevelt
(b) The Dam of New York City
(c) O'Dwyer Dam
(d) Robert Moses Power Dam

4. Which of the following actors performs in the plays?
(a) Harvey Keitel
(b) James Dean
(c) Marlon Brando
(d) George C. Scott

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rockefeller accept from Moses in this section?

2. Who was Papp called in front of to discuss his communist affiliations?

3. What is Norton Mockridge's role at the newspaper?

4. What does Moses realize that the Rockefeller administration is waiting for?

5. Where does Moses want to build a huge park?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moses try and fail to support Constable in charging admission for the plays?

2. How does the construction of the highway change Tremont Street?

3. Describe Moses' housing project.

4. Why wouldn't firing Moses diminish his power?

5. What does World War II give Moses the opportunity to do?

6. Who are Henry Cohen and Hortense Gabel?

7. What problem does New York City have with some of its buildings in Part 5, Chapter 34?

8. How does Rockefeller get Moses' support for his transportation plan?

9. What problems does Gleason have during his investigation?

10. How does Moses respond to complaints from the New York public that there is too much traffic?

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