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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Addenda.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did the author use to describe the nature of the workweek for Europeans in the 1800s that was finger numbing?
(a) The faze.
(b) The rock.
(c) The hard spot.
(d) The grind.

2. Which country along with Switzerland is mentioned in Chapter 13?
(a) Japan.
(b) Russia.
(c) Greece.
(d) China.

3. How many victims does the author note for having cumulative eyestrain?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Millions.
(c) Hundreds of thousands.
(d) Thousands.

4. Who is credited with most of the photos used in the book?
(a) McLaughlin.
(b) Nadar.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Eiland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a suppressed theme throughout the book but is examined in Chapter 12?

2. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?

3. What country's middle class was the first to come up with a workable solution to class differences?

4. What political theory does the author focus on in Chapter 7?

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

(see the answer key)

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