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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 was the official name of the Frontier Hotel?

2. What was Steve Wynn voted most often by Las Vegas newspaper readers?

3. Which one of Wynn's friends had no gambling industry experience but was given a cushy job in Wynn's company?

4. Wynn's first purchase into a Las Vegas hotel was a three percent share in __________________.

5. Who was Wynn's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the authorities typically not arrest anyone for operating bingo halls or playing bingo?

2. In spite of his efforts to destroy the image of a mob-ruled Las Vegas, what impact does the mob have on him?

3. When did Steve Wynn enter the Las Vegas casino market?

4. How was Las Vegas trying to change its image in the early 1990s?

5. With what disease was Wynn diagnosed and what impact did it have on his personality and business?

6. When did young Steve Wynn first visit Las Vegas and what were his impressions?

7. What were the circumstances of Mike Wynn's untimely death?

8. Who were some of the big name players in 1950s Las Vegas and why did Mike Wynn eventually give up his dream of doing business there?

9. What work did Wynn do for Cassandra Limited promoter-director Matt Gregory and what was the speculation about Wynn's income vs. the salary he received?

10. Why did Steve Wynn have footage of the Dunes destruction filmed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of Steve Wynn's last name and how appropriate it was for someone doing business in the gaming industry. If this were a fiction book, what would this naming technique be called?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Michael Milken? What was his relationship with Steve Wynn? What personality traits did they share? How were they different? What were they able to accomplish as a team?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the author captured regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where he did.

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