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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) Cocaine.
(d) Mushrooms.

2. What is the first artistic movement the author discusses in the book?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Naturalism.
(c) Surrealism.
(d) Impressionism.

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

4. How were most weddings before the 19th century in Paris described?
(a) Prearranged.
(b) Chosen by the King.
(c) The groom chose a bride.
(d) The people marrying each other chose.

5. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?
(a) Live.
(b) Keep money.
(c) Hold bulk stock.
(d) Gather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the earlier date of the face page of the expose used in Chapter 2?

2. What occupation does Theodor Adorno hold?

3. What is the most important concept the author puts forth in Chapter 3?

4. In what decade does the author say business first increased at the arcades?

5. What did the arcade merchants unite to provide for the first time according to Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is romanticism first described in the book?

2. How is the image of the omnibus described in Chapter 7?

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

4. How is the modern age first described in the book?

5. How is the drug culture of Europe discussed in Chapter 6?

6. Describe the face pages of Chapter 2.

7. How does Hausmann's urban planning affect the poor people of Paris?

8. How does the author describe the fate of a woman poisoner in Chapter 2?

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

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

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