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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Barricade Fighting & Daumier.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author use to create a collage like feel in the text in Chapter 7?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Thoughts from his head.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Drawings.

3. What does the author credit for giving a sense of time in the book in the form of a calendar?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Discology.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Anthropolgy.

4. How does the author describe the arrangement of the arcades that he is trying to mimic in his text in Chapter 10?
(a) Artful.
(b) Scattered.
(c) Tacky.
(d) Unorganized.

5. What does the author say was an unfortunate cultural reaction associated with shortage of economic policy?
(a) Residential rioting.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) War.
(d) Bankruptcy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the following sentence by the author regarding Fourier, "The autonomy of art has its origin in the concealment of ______".

2. What races does the author say Fourier disliked?

3. What two centuries does the book span?

4. What is the name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?

5. What is the title of Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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