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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Perspectives on Urban Form and Design.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Richard LeGates points out that colleges and universities today have a tendency to do what to knowledge, according to "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Trivialize.
(b) Over analyze.
(c) Compartmentalize.
(d) Cheapen.

2. According to Ernest W. Burgess what is central to the expansion of cities?
(a) Culture.
(b) Decentralization.
(c) The mayor's office.
(d) Wealth.

3. When was "The Almost Perfect Town" first published?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1952.

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

5. Who was a Moroccan Berber Islamic scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla?
(a) H.D.F. Kitto.
(b) Ibn Battuta.
(c) Henri Pirenne.
(d) Bernal Diaz.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The editors describe John Brinckerhoff Jackson's view of the Southwestern city in "The Almost Perfect Town" as what?

3. What kind of research does not necessarily look at numbers or statistical analysis?

4. What refers to reference points that have a clear form, contrast with their background, and have prominent locations in "The City Image and Its Elements"?

5. Who wrote "The Drive-In Culture of Contemporary America"?

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