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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 does the author say was an unfortunate cultural reaction associated with shortage of economic policy?
(a) Rebellion.
(b) War.
(c) Residential rioting.
(d) Bankruptcy.

2. What is the name of the man who is the key character in a story by Daumier shown in Chapter 10?
(a) Victor.
(b) Gavroche.
(c) Nadar.
(d) Howard.

3. Who do we see photographs of for the first time in Chapter 14?
(a) The writers discussed.
(b) The arcade owners.
(c) The author.
(d) The politicians discussed.

4. What was Fourier's main theoretical contribution that humans were?
(a) Romantics.
(b) Robots.
(c) Engines.
(d) Passionate machines.

5. What does the author say the class warfare and conflict management in Europe is part of?
(a) The modern condition.
(b) Urbanism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say is greatly influenced by the affects of technology on culture?

2. What is the name of the girl who was used as a public image for European workers?

3. How many works does Victor Hugo believe the human spirit to have?

4. What is the title of Chapter 11 of the book?

5. What religious denomination does the author discuss being cultivated in the community in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author discuss the importance of translations at the end of Chapter 13?

2. How does the author first describe philanthropy in the book?

3. How does the author describe the upper class's inability to relate to the lower class?

4. How does the author express Baudelaire's vision of urban life in the book?

5. How does the author describe the two works of the human spirit in the book?

6. How does the author describe the two distinctive ideas within Germany and France in regard to social order?

7. How are the British described in Chapter 13?

8. How does the author describe the workaholic actions of the poor in Chapter 12?

9. What role does education play in the emergence of bohemians?

10. How does the author describe the motivations for women and children to go to work from 1820-1895?

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