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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 supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Urbanism.
(d) Textiles.

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

3. What industry relied upon the success of the iron industry in the 19th century?
(a) Automotives.
(b) The Railway.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Construction companies.

4. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Hashish.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

5. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?
(a) Hausmannism.
(b) Conclusions.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Streetfighting in Munich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What century does Theodor Adorno work in?

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

3. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?

4. What does the author say the arcade merchants showed a tendency toward because of technology?

5. What phrase does the author discuss that is spelled backwards in Chapter 6?

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