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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 year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1765.
(d) 1902.

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

3. What two centuries does the book span?
(a) 19th and 20th.
(b) 20th and 21st.
(c) 18th and 19th.
(d) 17th and 18th.

4. Who is credited with most of the photos used in the book?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Nadar.
(c) McLaughlin.
(d) Eiland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?

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

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

4. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

5. What year did the arcades first turn a $21 million Francs profit?

(see the answer key)

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