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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 objects served an important purpose to separate the public in the arcades from those outside?
(a) Guards.
(b) Barricades.
(c) Glass walls.
(d) Gates.

2. What occupation is the woman whose arcade is destroyed in a fire in Chapter 2?
(a) A chef.
(b) A poisoner.
(c) A dress maker.
(d) A baker.

3. What word does Theodor Adorno use to describe a group of notes that share the same topics?
(a) Personification.
(b) Trope.
(c) Similie.
(d) Constellation.

4. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?
(a) Similie.
(b) Convolute.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Trope.

5. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?

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

5. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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