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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. V. Gordon Childe writes in "The Urban Revolution" that the three revolutions separating the major eras are the urban, the industrial and what?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Neolithic.
(c) Paleolithic.
(d) Philosophical.

2. What is the third city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?
(a) Security.
(b) Eliminating the difference between producers and consumers.
(c) Efficient consumption.
(d) Managing power.

3. When did Friedrich Engels produce The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx?
(a) 1851.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1848.

4. What city does the author of "The Polis" use as an example of the peak of the polis?
(a) Rome.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Athens.

5. What current trends of the urban life does Mumford refer to as the "postnucleated city"?
(a) Demoralization and decentralization.
(b) Dissociation and demoralization.
(c) Dissociation and decentralization.
(d) Demoralization and dismay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Of Cooperation in Site Planning, and How Common Enjoyment Benefits the Individual"?

2. The author of "The Polis" writes that the term polis refers to more of a what than the current "city"?

3. When was "The Culture of Poverty" first published?

4. What periodical first published "The Urban Revolution"?

5. What is the first city plan described by Louis Wirth in "Urbanism as a Way of Life" planned around?

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