1. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?
(a) Love.
(b) Religion.
(c) Industrialization.
(d) Modernity.

2. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1810s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1850s.

3. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?
(a) Fix their hair.
(b) Wear high heels.
(c) Dressing nicely.
(d) Not eat.

4. What word does Theodor Adorno use to describe a group of notes that share the same topics?
(a) Trope.
(b) Constellation.
(c) Personification.
(d) Similie.

5. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".

2. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?

3. What area does the author say had improved so much that arcade clerks had to train in art and other areas?

4. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?

5. What occupation does the men discussed in Chapter 7, Section S share?

(see the answer key)

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