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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the arcade merchants unite to provide for the first time according to Chapter 5?
(a) Street cafes.
(b) Street entertainment.
(c) Housing.
(d) Books.

2. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?
(a) Hold bulk stock.
(b) Live.
(c) Gather.
(d) Keep money.

3. What year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?
(a) 1840.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1765.

4. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?
(a) The groom chose a bride.
(b) Chosen by the King.
(c) The people marrying each other chose.
(d) Prearranged.

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

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

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

8. What is the earlier date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1895.

9. What is the first artistic movement the author discusses in the book?
(a) Naturalism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Surrealism.

10. What country does the word Konyolute derive from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

11. What type of materials rose in popularity in the 19th century?
(a) Glass and steel.
(b) Glass and iron.
(c) Gold and steel.
(d) Steel and iron.

12. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

13. Whose urban planning devastated the poor people of Paris in the 19th century?
(a) Nadar.
(b) Eiland.
(c) Pompidou.
(d) Hausmann.

14. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?
(a) Politics.
(b) America.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Atheism.

15. What year does the author discuss Baudelaire writing to a princess?
(a) 1754.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?

2. Complete this sentence from the opening of Section IV of Chapter 2, "The criminals in early _______ novels are neither gentlemen nor apaches, but private citizens of the middle class".

3. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?

4. What does the author use to create a collage like feel in the text in Chapter 7?

5. Where is the commune discussed in the book primarily located?

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