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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 29-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does White say would happen if the communities in New York stopped working together for one day?
(a) The population would decrease.
(b) A war would be waged.
(c) The nation would never be the same.
(d) It would explode.

2. What does White say about the time when the Empire State Building was built?
(a) It boosted the economy.
(b) It was a signal of progression.
(c) It is the world's highest peak built at the lowest point in the depression.
(d) It raised men out of their pangs.

3. What was strange about the terminology White used when talking about what he refused to do to this book before publication?
(a) He should have known it would be published in a magazine first.
(b) The writer can't make geographical changes.
(c) He should have said, 'up to date'.
(d) The names were already altered.

4. What is a second gift White Said New York gives to all men?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Relaxation.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?
(a) Acting.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Mercantilism.
(d) Promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of New York resident does White like the most?

2. What does White give the numbers of?

3. What does White try to have a balance of in this book?

4. What does the E in E.B. White stand for?

5. What kind of New York resident does White credit for the restlessness in New York?

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