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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) Mining.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Education.
(d) Textiles.

2. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Industrialization.
(d) Love.

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

4. What decade does the author cover in Chapter 6?
(a) 1850s.
(b) 1830s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1800s.

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

6. 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) Move to another country.
(c) Pay high taxes.
(d) Be imprisoned.

7. What concept does the author credit as an attribute of the modern world along with ennui?
(a) Lying.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Boredom.

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

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

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

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

12. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1850s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1810s.

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

14. What political theory does the author focus on in Chapter 7?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Fascism.

15. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Hashish.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Au Bon Marche sell 450,000 Francs?

2. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?

3. What year did the arcades first turn a $21 million Francs profit?

4. What does the author say the arcade was a precursor to in modern society?

5. What does the author use to distinguish sections within his chapters?

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