View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was "Regime Theory and Urban Politics" first published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1988.

2. What essay in the collection was written by Peter Hall?
(a) "It Takes A Village."
(b) "Total Utopia."
(c) "The Factual Town."
(d) "The City of Theory."

3. What is the first of several responses to developments of local governments given by the author in "Future Directions for Urban Government in Britain and America"?
(a) Increasing taxation.
(b) Frequent elections.
(c) Decreasing taxation.
(d) Cutting public spending.

4. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?
(a) Dissociation and demoralization.
(b) Demoralization and dismay.
(c) Demoralization and decentralization.
(d) Dissociation and decentralization.

5. What is the fourth of the four kinds of power described by the author in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Systematic.
(b) Preemptive.
(c) Coalition.
(d) Command/social.

6. When was "How to Study Urban Political Power" first published?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1989.

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

8. When was "Choosing a Future" first published?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1983.

9. When was Patrick Geddes's "City Survey for Town Planning Purposes, of Municipalities and Government" first published?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1909.

10. When was conservative icon Charles Murray born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1945.

11. Who wrote "Kinship and Community" and "Keeping Themselves to Themselves"?
(a) Oscar Lewis and Christopher Alexander.
(b) Peter Willmott and Christopher Alexander.
(c) Michael Young and Peter Willmott.
(d) Oscar Lewis and Peter Willmott.

12. Who discuss the implications of social complexities and question what the advantage of interests implies, according to the author of "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Neo-pluralists.
(d) Intellectuals.

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

14. When was "A Contemporary City" first published?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1926.

15. What does the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns" write advanced a democratic society, taking pressure off of different classes by giving them an area that they can all enjoy?
(a) Urban centers.
(b) Green space.
(c) Vertical dwellings.
(d) National parks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group concedes that economic forces come into play, but that urban political theory also needs to draw on theories of the state in "How to Study Urban Political Power"?

2. What is referred to as the relationship and interaction between governmental and non-governmental bodies, seeing how they interact and get results in "Regime Theory and Urban Politics"?

3. Who are the authors of "Cities and Uneven Economic Development"?

4. Who wrote "The Culture of Poverty"?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 423 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample