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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Street Fighting.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?
(a) Trope.
(b) Convolute.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Similie.

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

3. What does the author say the arcade was a precursor to in modern society?
(a) A shopping mall.
(b) A street market.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) The department store.

4. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Realism.
(c) Fanciness.
(d) Urbanism.

5. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?
(a) The industrialized world.
(b) The modern world.
(c) Romance.
(d) Technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?

2. What type of materials rose in popularity in the 19th century?

3. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?

4. What industry relied upon the success of the iron industry in the 19th century?

5. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?

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