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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Visions, Theory, and Practice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was author and theorist Albrecht Dürer born?
(a) 1475.
(b) 1471.
(c) 1467.
(d) 1470.

2. When was "The Urban Revolution" first published?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1950.

3. What city is described with the Church initially a factor in its boundaries, though later Charlemagne grew the empire in "City Origins" and "Cities and European Civilization"?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Amsterdam.

4. According to the author of "Public Parks and the Enlargement of Towns," parks combat vice and what?
(a) Obesity.
(b) Internal rage.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Social degeneration.

5. What did the concept of polis stress in its establishment of temples, stadiums, and theaters?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Bath houses.
(c) Public spaces.
(d) Courthouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?

2. What did Ebenezer Howard call the central area in his Utopian cities in "Author's Introduction" and "The Town-Country Magnet"?

3. Who wrote "A Contemporary City"?

4. When was "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual" first published?

5. Who wrote "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan"?

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