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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What political theory does the author focus on in Chapter 7?
2. Other than French, what other culture is represented in the poems shared in Chapter 2?
3. What struggle is examined most in Chapter 5?
4. What did the arcades allow merchants to do because the areas were sufficiently enclosed?
5. What does the author use to create a collage like feel in the text in Chapter 7?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the modern age first described in the book?
2. How is the concept of COFFEE ROOM discussed in the book?
3. How were barricades used at the arcades in Paris?
4. What does the author credit for the initial emergence of arcades in late 1830s France?
5. How does the author describe imagination at the end of Chapter 6?
6. How does the author discuss the use of technology at the end of Chapter 5?
7. How does the author first describe a convolute in the book?
8. How is Nietzsche's writing style described in Chapter 4?
9. How does the author first describe the lithograph in the book?
10. How does the author discuss iron girders in Chapter 5?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the concept of the imagination that is presented in the book. What can we learn about the possibilities of the imagination based on the portrayal of the Romantics point of view in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the portrayal of urbanism in the book. What is the underlying need behind urban development, and how can it be considered prejudice given Hausmann's efforts in Paris?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the portrayal of political institutions in the book. What reason does the author have for placing emphasis on the creation of political institutions like Communism, namely when suggesting they derived from other cultures? What message might he be saying about the nature of unity even in politics?
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