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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the middle class that emerged in Paris in the 19th century?
(a) Proletariat.
(b) Nobles.
(c) Bourgeoisie.
(d) Bohemian.

2. What was street fighting done without in Paris?
(a) Shirts.
(b) Belts.
(c) Interference.
(d) Weaponry.

3. 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.

4. Which of the following things is not considered part of the psychological order the arcades created?
(a) The 19th century.
(b) European perspective.
(c) Modernity.
(d) Urbanism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What class primarily of people resides in the commune?

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

5. What is the first artistic movement the author discusses in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe imagination at the end of Chapter 6?

2. How does the author first describe a convolute in the book?

3. How does the author first describe surrealism in the book?

4. How is Theodor Adorno first described in the book?

5. How were gas lamps first used at the arcades of Paris?

6. How does the author explain his writing method for the book in regards to the Parisian arcades?

7. How is the Commune first described in the book?

8. Describe the face pages of Chapter 2.

9. How is romanticism first described in the book?

10. How is the first lighting installed in the arcades described in the book?

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