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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 year did the arcades first turn a $21 million Francs profit?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1869.

3. What is the art form that is a printed image on wood or metal?
(a) Photography.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Lithograph.
(d) Architecture.

4. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Munich.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?

2. What is the first artistic movement the author discusses in the book?

3. Who is the author of the book?

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

5. What does the author say supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?

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