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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 is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Exposes.
(b) Street Fighting.
(c) Hausmannism.
(d) Baudelaire.

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

3. Which of the following activities is not classified as "full bodied" by the author?
(a) Building cars.
(b) Making shops.
(c) Painting pictures.
(d) Weaving fabrics.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?

3. What year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?

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

5. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?

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