Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers: Reading answers

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Answers 27–40

1. 27

   What point does Shester make about Barr's book in the first paragraph?

   D: It covers a range of factors that affected the development of New York. Multiple choice

2. 28

   How does Shester respond to the information in the book about tenements?

   B: She indicates a potential problem with Barr's analysis Multiple choice

3. 29

   What does Shester say about chapter six of the book?

   C: It is too specialised for most readers. Multiple choice

4. 30

   What does Shester suggest about the chapters focusing on the 1920s building boom?

   D: Some parts will have limited appeal to certain people. Multiple choice

5. 31

   What impresses Shester the most about the chapter on land values?

   C: the nature of the research into the topic Multiple choice

6. 32

   The description in the first chapter of how New York probably looked from the air in the early 1600s lacks interest.

   NO Yes / No / Not Given

7. 33

   Chapters two and three prepare the reader well for material yet to come.

   YES Yes / No / Not Given

8. 34

   The biggest problem for many nineteenth-century New York immigrant neighbourhoods was a lack of amenities.

   NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given

9. 35

   In the nineteenth century, New York's immigrant neighbourhoods tended to concentrate around the harbour.

   NO Yes / No / Not Given

10. 36

    H: specific areas Summary completion (word list)

11. 37

    D: excessive expense Summary completion (word list)

12. 38

    I: total expenditure Summary completion (word list)

13. 39

    B: deep excavations Summary completion (word list)

14. 40

    F: associated risks Summary completion (word list)

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