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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What country does the word Konyolute derive from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.
2. What does the author describe as "thee" capital of Europe in the 19th century?
(a) Rome.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Moscow.
3. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?
(a) Convolute.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Trope.
(d) Similie.
4. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Lying.
5. What does the author include a photo of at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) The Parisian sewer.
(b) A woman at a cafe.
(c) Himself.
(d) An omnibus.
Short Answer Questions
1. What area does the author say had improved so much that arcade clerks had to train in art and other areas?
2. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?
3. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?
4. What is the art form that is a printed image on wood or metal?
5. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the fate of a woman poisoner in Chapter 2?
2. How does the author explain his writing method for the book in regards to the Parisian arcades?
3. How are the sales of the arcade shops described during the mid 1800s?
4. How does Hausmann's urban planning affect the poor people of Paris?
5. How is the struggle between the economic and social class described in Chapter 5?
6. How is romanticism first described in the book?
7. How is Nietzsche's writing style described in Chapter 4?
8. How does the author describe the importance of manufacturing in Chapter 3?
9. How does the author first describe a convolute in the book?
10. How is the first lighting installed in the arcades described in the book?
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