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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Frontier Hotel was built _____________ years before Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel.
(a) Nine.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

2. What was Steve Wynn voted most often by Las Vegas newspaper readers?
(a) The best personality in Las Vegas.
(b) The best hotelier in Las Vegas.
(c) The most interesting Las Vegan.
(d) The most handsome Las Vegan.

3. Wynn was in the company of _____________ mobsters when he entered the Las Vegas casino market at the Frontier in 1967.
(a) Detroit.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

4. Of what did Matthew Gregory put Wynn in charge for his company?
(a) Catering.
(b) Lounge shows.
(c) Gaming.
(d) Hospitality.

5. To whom was Wynn once married?
(a) Andrea.
(b) Macy.
(c) Elaine.
(d) Justine.

6. Wynn's first purchase into a Las Vegas hotel was a three percent share in __________________.
(a) The Stardust.
(b) Caesar's Palace.
(c) The Frontier.
(d) The Flamingo.

7. Wynn had men in high positions in his organization who had no gaming industry experience and he claimed that they were what?
(a) Bodyguards.
(b) Public Relations experts.
(c) Consultants.
(d) Bankers.

8. In what year did the Teamsters president disappear?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1969.

9. Allegations of ________________ were leveled at Wynn and the men in #72 and #74.
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Cocaine abuse.
(c) Heroin abuse.
(d) Fraud.

10. To a young Steve Wynn, Las Vegas was like _________________.
(a) Hollywood.
(b) A pirate story.
(c) Outer space.
(d) The frontier.

11. How many spectators gathered to watch the destruction of the hotel?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 75,000.

12. Who was the Chairman of the Mirage Resorts?
(a) Wayne Newton.
(b) Frank Sinatra.
(c) Steve Wynn.
(d) Donald Trump.

13. Jerome Zarowitz was a member of which organized crime family?
(a) Gambino.
(b) Genovese.
(c) Bonnano.
(d) Lucchese.

14. What is one thing that Wynn is unable to control?
(a) His bankers.
(b) His ego.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

15. Which Las Vegas casino did Wynn purchase with E. Parry Thomas' money?
(a) Golden Nugget.
(b) Stardust.
(c) Flamingo.
(d) Desert Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wynn has claimed that he would give up everything in order to _____________________.

2. What new hotel was intended to take the place of the one being destroyed?

3. Which of the following is NOT associated with the term "half wiseguy"?

4. Wynn's mother thought that his mood swings worsened after ___________________.

5. The new hotel would be located next to which hotel?

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