The World Trade Center Quiz


This quiz is designed to help you test your knowledge of the issues surrounding the creation, destruction and rebuilding of the World Trade Center. Answers available here


MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
(Please choose one answer for each question.)

1 If the Statue of Liberty was destroyed:

a Its original purpose and the reason for its destruction would be ignored and "The Statue of Liberty Site" would be redesigned into a shopping mall with a goofy wind turbine.
b Its original purpose and the reason for its destruction would be ignored and it would be made into a cemetery in honor of the people who died in its destruction.
c Its original purpose and the reason for its destruction would be ignored and it would be made into a vacant lot, in fear that if it was rebuilt, "it would just become a target and who wants to go through that again?"
d It would be rebuilt like it was before only better.


2 The Statue of Liberty would be rebuilt because:

a It is a symbol of America.
b It is a symbol of human liberty.
c It would be a signal that civilization prevails over barbarism.
d All of the above.
 


3 "The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness." Who said it?

a Kofi Annan
b Nelson Rockefeller
c Minoru Yamasaki
d Beverly Willis



4 "Those awesome symbolic towers that speak of liberty, human rights, and humanity have been destroyed. They have gone up in smoke." Who said it?

a George Bush
b John Ashcroft
c Osama bin Laden
d Dennis Miller



5 "We can't look at (rebuilding the World Trade Center). We've already gone through the selection process. We've already made a decision." Who said it?

a Michael Bloomberg
b Larry Silverstein
c George Pataki
d Sara Banda, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)




6 Who established a design competition that ignored the reasons the WTC was both created and destroyed?

a George Bush
b George Pataki
c Michael Bloomberg
d Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)



7 Who was responsible for selecting a design that ignored the reasons the World Trade Center was both created and destroyed?

a John Kerry
b Rudy Giuliani
c Jay Leno
d Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC)



8 Complete the sentence: Twenty years from now, we'll tell our children and grandchildren: "When the World Trade Center was destroyed,

a its original purpose and the reason for its destruction were ignored and 'The World Trade Center Site' was redesigned into a shopping mall with a goofy wind turbine."
b its original purpose and the reason for its destruction were ignored and 'The World Trade Center Site' was made into a cemetery in honor of the people who died in its destruction."
c its original purpose and the reason for its destruction were ignored and the 'World Trade Center Site' was turned into a vacant lot in fear that if it were rebuilt, "it would just become a target and who wants to go through that again?"
d it was rebuilt like it was before only better, reclaiming its place as the world's pre-eminent symbol of and monument to world peace, human freedom and the triumph of civilization over barbarism."



9 The World Trade Center should be rebuilt because:

a It is a symbol of America.
b It is a symbol of human liberty.
c It would be a signal that civilization prevails over barbarism.
d All of the above.



10 Why do the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) officials think their job is to "restore the World Trade Center Site in the commercial life of the city, state and nation?"

a They think "World" is another name for lower Manhattan.
b They think "World Trade Center Site" is Realtor talk for a big development in lower Manhattan.
c They flunked English grammar and sentence construction.
d All of the above.

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TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS


11 It's not too late to rebuild the World Trade Center as it was, only better.

True False



1 The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) says rebuilding the Twin Towers is still an active option.

True False



1 The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) has not given its final approval for the goofy wind turbine.

True False



1 Larry Silverstein has enough money to build the goofy wind turbine.

True False



1 Rebuilding the World Trade Center is a profound act of counter-terrorism through peace not war.

True False



1 What went up in smoke should go back up in steel.

True False