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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Urban Society and Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What examples of cities and civilizations from the Stone era does V. Gordon Childe describe in "The Urban Revolution"?
(a) Egypt, Sudan, and Ireland.
(b) Egypt, Sumner, and India.
(c) India, Ireland, and Chile.
(d) Scotland, Iran, and Sudan.

2. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?
(a) 53.
(b) 59.
(c) 56.
(d) 52.

3. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Michael Porter and James Q. Wilson.
(b) Michael Porter and William Julius Wilson.
(c) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.
(d) George L. Kelling and William Julius Wilson.

4. When did Friedrich Engels produce The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1849.

5. Who was the author of the essay "The Growth of the City: An Introduction to a Research Project"?
(a) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(b) Jane Jacobs.
(c) W.E.B. Dubois.
(d) Ernest W. Burgess.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "The Urban Revolution" first published?

2. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?

3. LeGates writes in "How to Study Cities" that there are "social, spacial and _____ aspects to urban poverty as well as economic ones."

4. When was "What is a City?" first published?

5. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?

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