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

2. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?
(a) Romance.
(b) The modern world.
(c) Technology.
(d) The industrialized world.

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

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

5. What is the name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?
(a) Bohemian.
(b) Bourgeoisie.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Nobles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What decade did the arcades first emerge in France?

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

4. What is the art form that is a printed image on wood or metal?

5. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?

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