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

2. What does the author say places like Paris were celebrations of the power of?

3. What century does Theodor Adorno work in?

4. What type of technology was first used in the arcades of Paris according to Chapter 2?

5. What city are the arcades the author focuses on located?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the author describe imagination at the end of Chapter 6?

4. Describe the purpose for the author using multiple fonts in Chapter 7.

5. How were barricades used at the arcades in Paris?

6. How is the drug culture of Europe discussed in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. How is the Commune first described in the book?

10. How is romanticism first described in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of fantasy presented in the book. What role did the creation of fantasy within areas like the arcades play in the way others viewed society in Europe? Why did vendors feel the need to create such fantasy?

Essay Topic 3

Technology is a leading theme throughout the book that is shown evolving over the course of the book. Part 1.) What role did technology have in the success of the arcades? Part 2.) How did technology harm some aspects of society and who did it affect most? Part 3.) What triumphs did the European public find from technology and what movements did it lead to?

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