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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Streetfighting in Munich.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?
(a) Iron girders.
(b) Steel frames.
(c) Silver beams.
(d) Coal.

2. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Lying.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Rudeness.

3. What does the author include a photo of at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) An omnibus.
(b) Himself.
(c) A woman at a cafe.
(d) The Parisian sewer.

4. What is the title of Chapter 9 of the book?
(a) First Sketches.
(b) Bohemians.
(c) Urban Myth.
(d) Streetfighting in Munich.

5. What class primarily of people resides in the commune?
(a) Both middle and lower class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who was used as a public image for European workers?

2. What industry relied upon the success of the iron industry in the 19th century?

3. What does the author say the mutual ignorance of the upper and lower classes did not improve their ability to do?

4. What were the poor people of Paris forced to do as a consequence of urban planning in the 19th century?

5. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

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