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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 does the author describe as "thee" capital of Europe in the 19th century?
2. Complete the following sentence from the author discussing William Blake, "Imagination is not ______ . . . Imagination is an almost divine faculty which perceives . . ."
3. What is the title of Chapter 2?
4. What does the author say supplanted the old soldier-laborer that the agrarian society depended on?
5. What occupation does the men discussed in Chapter 7, Section S share?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the story told by Baudelaire of a 26-year-old woman's relationship with a 60-year-old man?
2. How is Nietzsche's writing style described in Chapter 4?
3. How is the concept of COFFEE ROOM discussed in the book?
4. Describe the face pages of Chapter 2.
5. How does the author describe the fate of a woman poisoner in Chapter 2?
6. Describe the purpose for the author using multiple fonts in Chapter 7.
7. How is the modern age first described in the book?
8. How does Hausmann's urban planning affect the poor people of Paris?
9. How does the author describe imagination at the end of Chapter 6?
10. How are the sales of the arcade shops described during the mid 1800s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the portrayal of Germany and France in the book. What information does the author offer us about both countries ideologies based on his comparisons of them in the book?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
The flaneur is an individual who chooses to wander a place and discover new things about themselves and the things around them. Part 1.) How did the author appear to take on the guise of a flaneur while writing this book? Part 2.) How might the author write the book in a way that makes the reader a flaneur? Part 3.) Based on the presence of the flaneur concept, what value might the author find in discovering the essence of your surroundings and truly getting to know all aspects instead of just one small area?
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