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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the later date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1920.

3. What literary and cultural style popular in the 19th century is discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) Romanticism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Utopism.
(d) Realism.

4. Which of the following men are not discussed in Chapter 7, Section S?
(a) Adorno.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Kierkegaard.
(d) Wiesendgrund.

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

6. What is the name of the princes whom Baudelaire writes to?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Jane.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Eugenie.

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

8. 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".
(a) History.
(b) Romance.
(c) Detective.
(d) Mystery.

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

10. What is the name of the palace in London depicted in a lithograph in Chapter 5?
(a) Crystal Palace.
(b) The Silver Estate.
(c) The Golden Cathedral.
(d) Westminster Abbey.

11. What does the author say supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?
(a) Urbanism.
(b) Textiles.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Manufacturing.

12. What class primarily of people resides in the commune?
(a) Both middle and lower class.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Upper class.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?

2. What is the title of Chapter 7?

3. What movement is the commune built after?

4. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?

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

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