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

2. Where is the commune discussed in the book primarily located?
(a) Outside Paris.
(b) In Britain.
(c) Inside Paris.
(d) In Germany.

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

4. What does the author use to create a collage like feel in the text in Chapter 7?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Quotes.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Thoughts from his head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is credited with most of the photos used in the book?

2. What does the author describe as a group of notes that are associated with the same topic?

3. Whose urban planning devastated the poor people of Paris in the 19th century?

4. What is the name of the letter G section of Chapter 5?

5. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were barricades used at the arcades in Paris?

2. How are fonts first discussed in the book?

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

4. How does the author discuss iron girders in Chapter 5?

5. How is the struggle between the economic and social class described in Chapter 5?

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

7. How is romanticism first described in the book?

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

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

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

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