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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 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) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Kingsley Davis.
(d) William Julius Wilson.

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

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

4. What did the concept of polis stress in its establishment of temples, stadiums, and theaters?
(a) Bath houses.
(b) Public spaces.
(c) Courthouses.
(d) Shopping.

5. Urban sociologists tend to study the sociology of cities using what kind of methods, according to LeGate in "How to Study Cities"?
(a) Quantitative.
(b) Qualitative.
(c) Political.
(d) Industrial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author excerpted in The City Reader is recognized as an expert in the social science discipline of history, according to "How to Study Cities"?

2. Engels describes the working-class districts and the public health consequences of these horrors where in "The Great Towns"?

3. The editors of The City Reader have taught at the San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkley and what other institution, according to the Introduction from the Editors?

4. 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"?

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

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