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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Baudelaire.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the arcade was a precursor to in modern society?
(a) A street market.
(b) The department store.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A shopping mall.

2. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1950.

3. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?
(a) Steel frames.
(b) Coal.
(c) Silver beams.
(d) Iron girders.

4. What is the name of the letter G section of Chapter 5?
(a) Introductions.
(b) Exhibitions, Advertising, Grandville.
(c) First Sketches.
(d) Exposes.

5. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1810s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1780s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?

2. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?

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

4. What does the author use to distinguish sections within his chapters?

5. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?

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