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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Urban Politics, Governance, and Economics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Engels writes that it is what that has crammed the people into squalor in "The Great Towns"?
(a) The philosophical epoch.
(b) The musical epoch.
(c) The critical epoch.
(d) The industrial epoch.

2. What is the first city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?
(a) Managing power.
(b) Security.
(c) Eliminating the difference between producers and consumers.
(d) Efficient consumption.

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

4. When was "The Culture of Poverty" first published?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1957.

5. When was Friedrich Engels born?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1814.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1820.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author of "The Black Underclass" criticize for their fear to confront the issues of the poor black community?

2. The author of "The Black Underclass" argues that upwardly mobile men have moved out of poor black communities, depriving these communities of what?

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

4. Who does LeGate write developed a "broken window" theory and community policing ideas in "How to Study Cities"?

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

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