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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Barricade Fighting & Daumier.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?
(a) Hold bulk stock.
(b) Live.
(c) Keep money.
(d) Gather.

2. What was Fourier's main theoretical contribution that humans were?
(a) Robots.
(b) Passionate machines.
(c) Engines.
(d) Romantics.

3. What phrase does the author discuss that is spelled backwards in Chapter 6?
(a) WASHING ROOM.
(b) COFFEE ROOM.
(c) CHANGING STATION.
(d) CAFE.

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

5. What kind of existence does the author say the urban development brought to Paris in Chapter 8?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Realism.
(d) Urgency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?

2. What is the name of the letter G section of Chapter 5?

3. What title was given to the poor people of France in the 19th century?

4. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."

5. What does the author use to create a collage like feel in the text in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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