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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. Which of the following names are suggested as a name for the dam?

2. Who does Lindsay want to merge Triborough with?

3. What kind of area do people consider East Tremont to be?

4. What kind of business is Tavern on the Green?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does society start to reward Moses towards the end of his life?

4. How does Moses respond to accusations that he has displaced people from their houses?

5. Who are Henry Cohen and Hortense Gabel?

6. Why does Moses accept the presidency of the World Fair?

7. What leads to the decay of the mass transit system?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Moses' rise and fall.

1) How did Moses rise to power?

2) How did Moses lose his power?

Essay Topic 2

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Aside from Robert Moses, examine the way Caro uses the other people in the story to express his point of view.

Essay Topic 3

Examine Tammany Hill.

1) What is Tammany Hill and what influence has it had on the development of New York City?

2) Why were Tammany Hill objectors against Moses' ideas?

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