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

2. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?
(a) Fix their hair.
(b) Not eat.
(c) Wear high heels.
(d) Dressing nicely.

3. 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".
(a) Detective.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Romance.
(d) History.

4. What kinds of writings were mentioned as being part of Romanticism?
(a) Only poetry.
(b) Only novels.
(c) Novels and poetry.
(d) Plays.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

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

4. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?

5. What objects served an important purpose to separate the public in the arcades from those outside?

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