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

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

3. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Fake.
(c) Imagined.
(d) Real.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Exposes.
(b) Baudelaire.
(c) Hausmannism.
(d) Street Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does the author discuss that is spelled backwards in Chapter 6?

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

3. What was street fighting done without in Paris?

4. What year does the author discuss Baudelaire writing to a princess?

5. What is the title of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story told by Baudelaire of a 26-year-old woman's relationship with a 60-year-old man?

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

3. Describe the purpose for the author using multiple fonts in Chapter 7.

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

5. How does the author discuss the use of technology at the end of Chapter 5?

6. What does the author credit for the initial emergence of arcades in late 1830s France?

7. How does the author describe the importance of manufacturing in Chapter 3?

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

9. How is romanticism first described in the book?

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

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