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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Conclusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following traits was not included in Group 2 of Fourier's scheme?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Work.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Love.

2. Which of the following literary figures was not mentioned by the author as characterizing the 19th century intellectual climate of Europe?
(a) Dumas.
(b) Baudelaire.
(c) Jugendstil.
(d) Nietzsche.

3. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Lying.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Rudeness.

4. What was Fourier's main theoretical contribution that humans were?
(a) Romantics.
(b) Robots.
(c) Passionate machines.
(d) Engines.

5. What objects served an important purpose to separate the public in the arcades from those outside?
(a) Glass walls.
(b) Gates.
(c) Barricades.
(d) Guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of writings were mentioned as being part of Romanticism?

2. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?

3. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?

4. What is the title of Chapter 8 of the book?

5. What two nations does the author discuss regarding them as Continental Europe's major nations in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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