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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Conclusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does the author discuss that is spelled backwards in Chapter 6?
(a) COFFEE ROOM.
(b) CHANGING STATION.
(c) WASHING ROOM.
(d) CAFE.

2. What area does the author say had improved so much that arcade clerks had to train in art and other areas?
(a) Mining.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Textiles.
(d) Education.

3. What two centuries does the book span?
(a) 18th and 19th.
(b) 17th and 18th.
(c) 19th and 20th.
(d) 20th and 21st.

4. What trait did Fourier give to those he deemed butterflies in his schema?
(a) Love.
(b) Family.
(c) Mutability.
(d) Unity.

5. What year did the arcades first turn a $21 million Francs profit?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1780.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following literary figures was not mentioned by the author as characterizing the 19th century intellectual climate of Europe?

2. What does the author say Baudelaire did not have as a child?

3. Which country does the author say has a blind spot to all the areas necessary for being dynamic?

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

5. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

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