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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 the letter to the Times call Robert Moses?

2. What are the names of the two reformers in this chapter?

3. What do the public think the City authorities have done nothing to relieve?

4. What does the East Tremont area manufacture?

5. Who writes up Cleason's reports?

Short Essay Questions

1. What extra authority do the succeeding governors give Moses in Part 6, Chapter 33?

2. What does Gleason uncover about Moses in Part 7, Chapter 43?

3. How does Moses respond to complaints from the New York public that there is too much traffic?

4. Who are Henry Cohen and Hortense Gabel?

5. How is Moses able to maintain a good life even though he is not rich?

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

7. How does Moses respond to accusations that he has displaced people from their houses?

8. What does Lindsay decide in January, 1966?

9. How does Moses' situation change in Part 6, Chapter 32?

10. Why does the mayor not fire Moses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Moses' impact on New York City.

1) What was the landscape like before Moses started his developments?

2) How did Moses change the landscape of New York City?

3) What is Moses' legacy?

Essay Topic 2

How is Oxford University different from Yale? What did Moses experience in Oxford? How did Moses' time in Oxford and Britain shape his ideas? Why is it important for successful people to move out of their comfort zone?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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