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

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Street Fighting.
(b) Hausmannism.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Exposes.

3. What is the earlier date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1820.
(d) 1925.

4. What area does the author say had improved so much that arcade clerks had to train in art and other areas?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Education.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Mining.

5. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?
(a) Miner.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Chef.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What country does the word Konyolute derive from?

4. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?

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

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