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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 letter G section of Chapter 5?
(a) Exhibitions, Advertising, Grandville.
(b) First Sketches.
(c) Introductions.
(d) Exposes.

2. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?
(a) Gas lights.
(b) Candles.
(c) Lamps.
(d) Torches.

3. How might the order of the first chapter be described?
(a) Numerical.
(b) Alphabetical.
(c) Organized.
(d) Unorganized.

4. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver beams.
(c) Iron girders.
(d) Steel frames.

5. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?
(a) Love.
(b) Industrialization.
(c) Religion.
(d) Modernity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

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 name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?

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

5. What occupation is the woman whose arcade is destroyed in a fire in Chapter 2?

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