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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moses want to build in the East Temont area?

2. What does Moses intend to tax to finance public housing?

3. What does Tavern on the Green want to build?

4. What is the Slum Clearance Program replacing non slum properties with?

5. What does Moses become President of in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are Henry Cohen and Hortense Gabel?

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

4. How does Moses deal with people who will not move out of their apartments?

5. In what way has Moses met his match with Rockefeller?

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

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

8. What problems does Moses have at the World Fair in Part 7, Chapter 47?

9. How does Rockefeller get what he wants in Part 7, Chapter 49?

10. Why does the mayor not fire Moses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use one of the following questions or statements to write a 500-word essay:

1) How did the Moses family build itself into a position of wealth?

2) Moses could not have achieved what he did in his life without the success of his family.

3) How did Moses' family instill in him a need to be successful?

Essay Topic 2

What was Moses' reaction to the Power Broker book? How different is Moses' 1969 autobiography to Power Broker?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the different opinions of Moses in relation to the following groups:

1) Democrats

2) Republicans

3) The poor

4) The rich

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