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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 is a second gift White Said New York gives to all men?

2. What is the first kind of person who lives in New York?

3. What does White compare the city to?

4. Which of these does White say New York holds the key to?

5. What does White say is an important thing that comes along with one of the gifts New York offers to all men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say New York offers to people who find privacy there?

2. What does White say the second kind of New York resident brings to the city?

3. What is this book about?

4. What does White say is being taken away from New York with its uniqueness?

5. What does White attribute the unique nature of New York to?

6. What does White say is the second kind of person that lives in the city?

7. Why does the writer of the introduction say White agreed to write this book?

8. How does White seem to feel about New York in his description?

9. What kind of things does White say people who come to New York are looking for?

10. What does White say separates most of the people in New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Responsibility and coming of age were two ideas that were addressed in many places of this history. Where do these ideas appear, and how do they work together to enhance this book?

Essay Topic 2

White describes one way that he thinks enemies could destroy New York City. What was this method, and why is this so ironic to read about now?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of celebrity did White meet in New York, and how did this change his idea of New York?

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