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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 realize that the Rockefeller administration is waiting for?

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

3. What does Moses want to use the profits from the fair to build?

4. What does Moses develop in this section?

5. What is Gigante's job at the Washington Square Village Corporation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the attorney look into when assessing Moses' situation?

7. What does Lindsay decide in January, 1966?

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

9. Why does the mayor not fire Moses?

10. Describe Moses' housing project.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Caro's point of view.

1) How does Caro present Moses in his book?

2) In what can Moses claim that Caro's point of view was unfair and some of the information he presented was unsubstantiated?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In what way did Moses take advantage of the Great Depression? Why did the end of WWII mark a gradual decline in Moses' powerful hold over New York City?

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