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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 "The Great Towns" first published?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1835.
(d) 1844.

2. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?
(a) H.D.F. Kitto.
(b) Kenneth T. Jackson.
(c) Henri Pirenne.
(d) W.E.B. Dubois.

3. Where are the slums and factories located in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) South Main Street.
(b) Locust Street.
(c) Myrtle Avenue.
(d) Railroad Avenue.

4. What kind of computer software permits users to map data and is useful in studying cities?
(a) NHL.
(b) KGB.
(c) CIA.
(d) GIS.

5. V. Gordon Childe writes in "The Urban Revolution" that the three revolutions separating the major eras are the urban, the industrial and what?
(a) Neolithic.
(b) Artistic.
(c) Paleolithic.
(d) Philosophical.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "How to Study Urban Political Power" first published?

2. What refers to the city areas or "parts" of a city in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

3. Where was Ebenezer Howard from?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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