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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Evolution of Cities.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the book in which "The Polis" was first published?
(a) The Gods.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Ottomans.

2. 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) George L. Kelling and William Julius Wilson.
(d) James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.

3. Who is the second editor listed in the Introduction from the Editors?
(a) Larry S. Bourne.
(b) Frederic Stout.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) Raymond Mohl.

4. What urban sociologist did extensive field research in Black ghettos of Chicago?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Kevin Lynch.
(c) John Reps.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

5. What urban designer and his students conducted surveys of residents of Boston and other cities to understand how they perceived the city environment?
(a) Kevin Lynch.
(b) William Julius Wilson.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Kingsley Davis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that how many selections are included in The City Reader?

2. Rather than using the traditional three ages of Stone, Bronze and Iron, V. Gordon Childe writes that development is better seen as occurring in the Paleolithic, Neolithic, urban, and what eras?

3. When was the Second Edition of The City Reader published in an expanded version?

4. In "How to Study Cities," LeGates writes that the borderlines between the objects of study, methods, theory and work product of different disciplines are what?

5. What civilization's community was more geographically centered, and citizens were expected to contribute to the justice system, seeing it as their community duty according to the author of "The Polis"?

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