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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Hausmannism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) The Arcades.
(b) Introductions.
(c) Street Fighting.
(d) Exposes.

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

3. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Discology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Anthropolgy.

4. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?
(a) A cook.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) A professor.
(d) The locksmith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?

2. What year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?

3. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?

4. What industry does the author say allowed for the emergence of arcades because they were booming?

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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