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

2. What does the author use to distinguish sections within his chapters?
(a) Different fonts.
(b) Different colors.
(c) Different text sizes.
(d) Different pages.

3. What struggle is examined most in Chapter 5?
(a) The bourgeoisie.
(b) The Enlish.
(c) The upper class.
(d) Those in the economic and social classes.

4. What does the author say the arcade was a precursor to in modern society?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A shopping mall.
(c) A street market.
(d) The department store.

5. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?
(a) British.
(b) Italian.
(c) Turkish.
(d) East Asian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say women in Paris would do to be attractive despite it being uncomfortable?

2. What occupation does the men discussed in Chapter 7, Section S share?

3. What were the poor people of Paris forced to do as a consequence of urban planning in the 19th century?

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

5. What was street fighting done without in Paris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the concept of COFFEE ROOM discussed in the book?

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

5. How is romanticism first described in the book?

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

7. How is Nietzsche's writing style described in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. Describe the face pages of Chapter 2.

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