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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Beginning of Photography.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

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

4. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Walter Benjamin.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Howard Eiland.
(d) Alexander Dumas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".

2. What is the title of Chapter 4 of the book?

3. What were the poor people of Paris forced to do as a consequence of urban planning in the 19th century?

4. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?

5. Whose urban planning devastated the poor people of Paris in the 19th century?

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