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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Conclusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the arcade merchants unite to provide for the first time according to Chapter 5?
(a) Books.
(b) Street cafes.
(c) Street entertainment.
(d) Housing.

2. What country's middle class was the first to come up with a workable solution to class differences?
(a) Greece.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

3. What two centuries does the book span?
(a) 20th and 21st.
(b) 19th and 20th.
(c) 18th and 19th.
(d) 17th and 18th.

4. Which of the following things is not considered part of the psychological order the arcades created?
(a) Urbanism.
(b) The 19th century.
(c) Modernity.
(d) European perspective.

5. How are the streets often left during street fights?
(a) Empty.
(b) Filled.
(c) Lively.
(d) Dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did Fourier give to those exhibiting intrigue in his schema?

2. How many novels does the author note Alexander Dumas for writing?

3. How many consecutive days was the workweek for Europeans in the 1800s?

4. What does the author note for being something street fighting can help prevent?

5. Complete the following sentence by the author regarding Fourier, "The autonomy of art has its origin in the concealment of ______".

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