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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 Rockefeller accept from Moses in this section?

2. Who are no longer allowed to talk business with Moses'?

3. What do the public think the City authorities have done nothing to relieve?

4. What guarantees the Rockefeller family almost total power in the New York Republican Party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moses' situation change in Part 6, Chapter 32?

2. How is Moses able to maintain a good life even though he is not rich?

3. What extra authority do the succeeding governors give Moses in Part 6, Chapter 33?

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

5. Who are Henry Cohen and Hortense Gabel?

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

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

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

9. How does Moses meet his match in Part 7, Chapter 42?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Caro's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Caro's style give to his story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Moses' relationship with the following people:

1) Franklin Roosevelt

2) Nelson Rockefeller

3) Alfred Smith

Essay Topic 3

Examine the influence of the following people on New York City:

1) Franklin Roosevelt

2) Nelson Rockefeller

3) Alfred. E. Smith

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