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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1936.

2. Who wrote "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?
(a) Bernal Diaz.
(b) H.D.F. Kitto.
(c) Henri Pirenne.
(d) Kingsley Davis.

3. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?
(a) Genoe.
(b) Edinburgh.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

4. Lewis Mumford presents the city as a collection of primary groups assembled together, with their physical organization determining levels of what?
(a) Fame.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Drama.
(d) Wealth.

5. Who wrote "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns"?
(a) Frederick Law Olmsted.
(b) Raymond Unwin.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Saskia Sassen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?

2. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

3. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?

4. What would serve as the "lungs" of the hypothesized city in "A Contemporary City"?

5. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

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