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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. 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"?
(a) Michael Porter.
(b) Kenneth Jackson.
(c) Lewis Mumford.
(d) Frederic Stout.

2. At what institution is Richard LeGates a Professor of Urban Studies?
(a) University of Southern California.
(b) University of California Santa Clara.
(c) San Francisco State University.
(d) Humboldt State University.

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

4. When was "The Polis" first published?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1947.

5. When did Friedrich Engels produce The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1848.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote "Of the Noble and Magnificent City of Kin-sai"?

4. Who wrote "A City Is Not a Tree"?

5. Who is the author of "The Negro Problems of Philadelphia"?

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