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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 is the name of the palace in London depicted in a lithograph in Chapter 5?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) Westminster Abbey.
(c) The Silver Estate.
(d) The Golden Cathedral.

2. What decade did the arcades first emerge in France?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1830s.
(d) 1900s.

3. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?
(a) Baudelaire.
(b) The Beginning of Photography.
(c) First Sketches.
(d) Urban Myth.

4. What word does Theodor Adorno use to describe a group of notes that share the same topics?
(a) Similie.
(b) Constellation.
(c) Personification.
(d) Trope.

5. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?
(a) America.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?

2. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".

3. What is the title of Chapter 5?

4. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?

5. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?

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