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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 did the author say class differences did along with serving the community?
(a) Stole.
(b) Gave back.
(c) Plagued.
(d) Offered support.

2. What is the title of Chapter 13 of the book?
(a) Final Sketches.
(b) Further Conclusions.
(c) Street Fighting.
(d) Baudelaire.

3. What is the name of the girl who was used as a public image for European workers?
(a) Mary.
(b) Susie.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Laura.

4. How many victims does the author note for having cumulative eyestrain?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Hundreds of thousands.

5. How does the author describe the arrangement of the arcades that he is trying to mimic in his text in Chapter 10?
(a) Scattered.
(b) Unorganized.
(c) Artful.
(d) Tacky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fourier believe was the most powerful of human passions?

2. What is the name of the artist that the author discusses in Chapter 10?

3. What is the worker's cry the author used as an example of class differences that was answered with "Let them eat cake"?

4. Which country is mentioned most after France and Germany?

5. How many consecutive days was the workweek for Europeans in the 1800s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the story of a man named Gavroche in the book.

3. How is the creation of polytechnics first discussed in the book?

4. How does the author describe the plight of European men in Chapter 9?

5. How does the author describe the differences between the young and old bohemians?

6. How does the author describe the nature of Fourier's racism in Chapter 8?

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

8. How are the British described in Chapter 13?

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

10. How is cumulative eyestrain described?

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