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

2. What philosopher is the primary focus of Chapter 6?
(a) Conclusions.
(b) Streetfighting in Munich.
(c) Hausmannism.
(d) Baudelaire.

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

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

5. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?
(a) Paris.
(b) Munich.
(c) Moscow.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does the author discuss most throughout the book?

2. What movement is the commune built after?

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

4. What year did the idea of public exhibition of goods occur in France?

5. What was Nietzche famous for criticizing in his writings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How are the sales of the arcade shops described during the mid 1800s?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How is romanticism first described in the book?

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

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