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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the art form that is a printed image on wood or metal?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Photography.
(d) Lithograph.

2. What country did the author Nietzche hail from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Belgium.

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

4. What does the author use to distinguish sections within his chapters?
(a) Different fonts.
(b) Different text sizes.
(c) Different pages.
(d) Different colors.

5. Who does the author say had a six-foot-high gold-plated key on their business sign at the arcade?
(a) A cook.
(b) The Mayor.
(c) A professor.
(d) The locksmith.

6. How might the order of the first chapter be described?
(a) Unorganized.
(b) Alphabetical.
(c) Numerical.
(d) Organized.

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

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

9. What were the poor people of Paris forced to do as a consequence of urban planning in the 19th century?
(a) Evacuate the city.
(b) Pay high taxes.
(c) Move to another country.
(d) Be imprisoned.

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

11. What subjects did Baudelaire believe the future of literature would rely on?
(a) Philosophy and religion.
(b) History and science.
(c) Theology and history.
(d) Science and philosophy.

12. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?
(a) Turkish.
(b) Italian.
(c) East Asian.
(d) British.

13. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Alexander Dumas.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Walter Benjamin.
(d) Howard Eiland.

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

15. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing Romantic beliefs, "The primary interest of _______ is not linguistic but optical."
(a) Minds.
(b) Humans.
(c) Theory.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the palace in London depicted in a lithograph in Chapter 5?

2. What industry does the author say allowed for the emergence of arcades because they were booming?

3. What title was given to the poor people of France in the 19th century?

4. What did the arcade merchants unite to provide for the first time according to Chapter 5?

5. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?

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