The City Reader Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The City Reader Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Richard T. LeGates
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: The Future of The City.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Efficient consumption.
(d) Eliminating the difference between producers and consumers.

2. How many people would make up the cells in the universal system of life described in "Ecumenopolis, World City of Tomorrow"?
(a) 25,000 to 50,000.
(b) 10,000 to 20,000.
(c) 30,000 to 50,000.
(d) 50,000 to 75,000.

3. When was "Beyond Suburbia: The Rise of the Techoburb" first published?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1987.

4. Where can wealth and fashionable residences be found in the city from "The Almost Perfect Town"?
(a) North Main Street.
(b) Lakeshore Drive.
(c) Robson Street.
(d) Walker Drive.

5. What kind of cities does Ebenezer Howard present as a protest against overcrowding?
(a) Floating cities.
(b) Flat cities.
(c) Suicide cities.
(d) Garden cities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Patrick Geddes cite for its "mistakes, disasters, even vandalisms" in "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government"?

2. When were "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet" first published?

3. Who wrote "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?

4. What is the fourth of the five factors which "city of tomorrow" would emerge in "Ecumenopolis, World City of Tomorrow"?

5. What kind of streets does the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" argue have reduced urban overcrowding?

(see the answer key)

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