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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say Baudelaire did not have as a child?
(a) Parents.
(b) Children's books.
(c) Toys.
(d) Shoes.

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

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

4. What does the author include a photo of at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Himself.
(b) A woman at a cafe.
(c) An omnibus.
(d) The Parisian sewer.

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

6. What does the author describe as "thee" capital of Europe in the 19th century?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Rome.

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

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

9. What were used both in the railroad and the arcades during their constructions?
(a) Iron girders.
(b) Coal.
(c) Steel frames.
(d) Silver beams.

10. What movement is the commune built after?
(a) The Modern Age.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) The Black Plague.
(d) The Technological Age.

11. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?
(a) Not eat.
(b) Dressing nicely.
(c) Wear high heels.
(d) Fix their hair.

12. What decade did the arcades first emerge in France?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1830s.

13. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Urban Myth.
(b) Conclusions.
(c) Bohemians.
(d) Street Fighting.

14. What are the men in suits sitting on in the rain in the lithography featured in Chapter 7?
(a) A train.
(b) A car.
(c) A building.
(d) An omnibus.

15. What occupation is the woman whose arcade is destroyed in a fire in Chapter 2?
(a) A poisoner.
(b) A dress maker.
(c) A chef.
(d) A baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities is not classified as "full bodied" by the author?

2. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?

3. How might the order of the first chapter be described?

4. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."

5. How many street cafes were in Paris in 1757?

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